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

No nonstop, and no clear pattern: the best connection reaches Miami on time 9 times in 10.

Best connections, any airlines

Ranked by chance you reach Miami on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Miami is 3 h ahead of Burbank). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	BUR 16:54 → SLC 19:55DL 3693 · flown by SkyWest	3h 05m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:00 → MIA 05:42 +1DL 2040	9h 48m	100%	90%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 18:10 → LAS 19:20WN 4370	3h 05m Las Vegas	LAS 22:25 → MIA 06:30 +1AA 1080	9h 20m	100%	84%
American Details →	BUR 18:38 → PHX 20:19AA 4944 · flown by SkyWest	2h 46m Phoenix	PHX 23:05 → MIA 06:28 +1AA 2654	8h 50m	99%	78%
Alaska + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 07:03 → SEA 09:44AS 444	3h 12m Seattle	SEA 12:56 → MIA 21:55AA 654	11h 52m	100%	77%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 08:20 → LAS 09:30WN 786	3h 15m Las Vegas	LAS 12:45 → MIA 20:41AA 1105	9h 21m	100%	77%
United Details →	BUR 18:42 → SFO 20:10UA 1508	2h 44m San Francisco	SFO 22:54 → MIA 07:39 +1UA 1769	9h 57m	88%	76%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 19:00 → LAS 20:10WN 794	3h 20m Las Vegas	LAS 23:30 → MIA 07:20 +1AA 3318	9h 20m	95%	74%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 08:35 → PHX 10:10WN 814	2h 42m Phoenix	PHX 12:52 → MIA 20:28AA 1983	8h 53m	100%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	BUR 20:22 → SFO 21:50UA 2854	1h 04m San Francisco	SFO 22:54 → MIA 07:39 +1UA 1769	8h 17m	56%	48%
American Details →	BUR 12:57 → DFW 18:22AA 1617	50m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:12 → MIA 22:59AA 1824	7h 02m	60%	38%

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.

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 14m · leaves 13:55 18%

DFW · 50m · leaves 12:57 40%

SFO · 1h 04m · leaves 20:22 44%

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