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

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 1 time in 10 at 12 pm and 1 time in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	BZN	EWR	4h 20m	76%	2.4%	375	Flying now
JetBlue	BZN	JFK	4h 35m	73%	6.7%	90	Flying now
Delta	BZN	JFK	4h 35m	64%few flights	4.3%	23	Flying now
Delta	BZN	LGA	4h 14m	73%few flights	0.0%	15	Not flying now
American	BZN	LGA	–	60%few flights	9.1%	11	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	BZN 19:30 → SLC 20:55DL 3676 · flown by SkyWest	3h 04m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:59 → JFK 06:23 +1DL 705	8h 53m	97%	84%
Alaska Details →	BZN 18:58 → SEA 20:02AS 3498 · flown by SkyWest	2h 38m Seattle	SEA 22:40 → EWR 06:59 +1AS 314	10h 01m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	BZN 05:15 → SLC 06:36DL 491	3h 23m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:59 → JFK 16:49DL 1792	9h 34m	99%	82%
United Details →	BZN 06:30 → DEN 08:24UA 1362	1h 38m Denver	DEN 10:02 → EWR 16:00UA 1423	7h 30m	98%	82%
United Details →	BZN 17:26 → LAX 19:07UA 741	1h 53m Los Angeles	LAX 21:00 → EWR 05:18 +1UA 2397	9h 52m	95%	82%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BZN 06:35 → DEN 08:10WN 1130	4h 00m Denver	DEN 12:10 → JFK 18:25DL 532	9h 53m	100%	81%
Alaska + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	BZN 10:26 → SEA 11:23AS 2141 · flown by Horizon	4h 00m Seattle	SEA 15:23 → EWR 23:49UA 2100	11h 23m	99%	81%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	BZN 19:15 → LAS 20:25WN 1137	3h 20m Las Vegas	LAS 23:45 → EWR 07:41 +1UA 406	10h 26m	96%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	BZN 17:51 → SFO 19:25AS 2063 · flown by Horizon	2h 05m San Francisco	SFO 21:30 → JFK 06:20 +1AS 211	10h 29m	65%	56%
United Details →	BZN 16:24 → ORD 20:40UA 1744	50m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → EWR 00:53 +1UA 1209	6h 29m	54%	35%
Southwest Details →	BZN 14:42 → DEN 16:28WN 1132	47m Denver	DEN 17:15 → LGA 23:00WN 4480	6h 18m	18%	4%

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

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 08:00 10%

MSP · 47m · leaves 06:00 12%

DEN · 55m · leaves 06:35 14%

Afternoon and evening

BOS · 1h 03m · leaves 12:42 32%

ORD · 50m · leaves 16:24 46%

DEN · 47m · leaves 14:42 82%

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