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 5% of the time at 7 am and 30% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	CLE	PHX	4h 47m	83%	0.3%	298	Flying now
Frontier	CLE	PHX	4h 29m	79%	2.2%	323	Flying now
Southwest	CLE	PHX	4h 25m	72%	0.0%	367	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	CLE 15:42 → LAX 17:38UA 679	3h 44m Los Angeles	LAX 21:22 → PHX 22:59UA 5458 · flown by SkyWest	10h 17m	100%	93%
United Details →	CLE 07:15 → LAX 09:12UA 776	3h 53m Los Angeles	LAX 13:05 → PHX 14:42UA 5548 · flown by SkyWest	10h 27m	100%	89%
United Details →	CLE 07:15 → EWR 08:47UA 601	2h 37m Newark	EWR 11:24 → PHX 13:39UA 370	9h 24m	99%	88%
United Details →	CLE 06:00 → ORD 06:40UA 5265 · flown by SkyWest	2h 22m Chicago	ORD 09:02 → PHX 11:03UA 2225	8h 03m	94%	88%
Southwest Details →	CLE 05:30 → DEN 06:40WN 3930	2h 00m Denver	DEN 08:40 → PHX 09:35WN 431	7h 05m	100%	88%
American Details →	CLE 05:01 → CLT 06:42AA 2632	2h 58m Charlotte	CLT 09:40 → PHX 11:04AA 1986	9h 02m	98%	87%
United Details →	CLE 09:00 → ORD 09:34UA 1355	3h 56m Chicago	ORD 13:30 → PHX 15:19UA 455	9h 19m	100%	82%
United Details →	CLE 08:55 → DEN 10:10UA 690	1h 15m Denver	DEN 11:25 → PHX 12:25UA 1686	6h 30m	95%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLE 11:51 → DFW 13:42AA 1680	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 14:30 → PHX 14:57AA 2108	6h 06m	63%	37%
American Details →	CLE 15:03 → PHL 16:43AA 5861 · flown by Piedmont	47m Philadelphia	PHL 17:30 → PHX 19:37AA 1984	7h 34m	55%	33%
Southwest Details →	CLE 18:30 → DEN 19:40WN 2887	1h 20m Denver	DEN 21:00 → PHX 22:00WN 1684	6h 25m	73%	28%

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

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 05:30 0%

PHL · 1h 01m · leaves 07:07 3%

BNA · 52m · leaves 06:40 4%

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 1h 09m · leaves 17:32 30%

DFW · 1h 11m · leaves 19:52 34%

PHL · 47m · leaves 15:03 45%

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.


Southwest WN 3930 CLE 05:30 → DEN Frontier F9 2141 DEN 09:15 → PHX Connection details →	2h 35m	7h 46m	100%	85%
Delta DL 2207 CLE 07:28 → SLC American AA 6422 SLC 12:15 → PHX Connection details →	2h 45m	8h 32m	95%	82%
Delta DL 2847 CLE 10:48 → MSP American AA 2146 MSP 14:47 → PHX Connection details →	2h 52m	8h 22m	100%	81%

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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