Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Southwest’s BUR → AUS flights land within a few points of 4 in 5 on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	BUR	AUS	2h 55m	81%	0.0%	346	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Austin on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Austin is 2 h ahead of Burbank). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Alaska Details →	BUR 07:09 → PDX 09:27AS 562	1h 03m Portland	PDX 10:30 → AUS 16:38AS 540	7h 29m	97%	83%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 07:10 → DEN 10:30WN 778	3h 14m Denver	DEN 13:44 → AUS 16:58UA 2270	7h 48m	99%	82%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 13:12 → SFO 14:35WN 2165	2h 46m San Francisco	SFO 17:21 → AUS 23:04UA 2332	7h 52m	94%	80%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 08:35 → DEN 11:50WN 351	4h 00m Denver	DEN 15:50 → AUS 19:27F9 1816	8h 31m	100%	80%
Delta Details →	BUR 12:37 → SLC 15:38DL 3933 · flown by SkyWest	2h 07m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:45 → AUS 21:32DL 2728	6h 55m	97%	79%
United Details →	BUR 13:45 → SFO 15:13UA 1453	3h 14m San Francisco	SFO 18:27 → AUS 00:13 +1UA 2126	8h 28m	97%	77%
Alaska Details →	BUR 14:09 → PDX 16:26AS 1383	1h 13m Portland	PDX 17:39 → AUS 23:49AS 1370	7h 40m	94%	77%
United Details →	BUR 09:08 → DEN 12:35UA 1191	3h 00m Denver	DEN 15:35 → AUS 18:48UA 1899	7h 40m	99%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	BUR 10:53 → SFO 12:21UA 2386	59m San Francisco	SFO 13:20 → AUS 19:05UA 1116	6h 12m	51%	41%
Southwest Details →	BUR 18:10 → LAS 19:20WN 4370	1h 05m Las Vegas	LAS 20:25 → AUS 01:10 +1WN 2186	5h 00m	70%	36%
Southwest Details →	BUR 17:20 → LAS 18:30WN 792	55m Las Vegas	LAS 19:25 → AUS 00:10 +1WN 3569	4h 47m	52%	17%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

PDX · 1h 03m · leaves 07:09 3%

Afternoon and evening

DAL · 1h 10m · leaves 11:45 17%

LAS · 1h 05m · leaves 18:10 30%

SFO · 46m · leaves 16:13 74%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON