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 90-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	CLE	SLC	4h 02m	81%	0.9%	223	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Salt Lake City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Salt Lake City is 2 h behind Cleveland). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	CLE 07:15 → LAX 09:12UA 776	3h 43m Los Angeles	LAX 12:55 → SLC 15:48UA 5371 · flown by SkyWest	10h 33m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	CLE 05:35 → ATL 07:22DL 2734	2h 43m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → SLC 12:10DL 387	8h 35m	98%	88%
United Details →	CLE 15:42 → LAX 17:38UA 679	2h 41m Los Angeles	LAX 20:19 → SLC 23:11UA 5744 · flown by SkyWest	9h 29m	99%	87%
Southwest Details →	CLE 05:30 → DEN 06:40WN 3930	1h 05m Denver	DEN 07:45 → SLC 09:20WN 452	5h 50m	98%	87%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:00 → MSP 07:03DL 1357	1h 07m Minneapolis	MSP 08:10 → SLC 10:04DL 2628	6h 04m	93%	85%
Delta Details →	CLE 07:05 → ATL 08:55DL 2838	2h 59m Atlanta	ATL 11:54 → SLC 13:50DL 663	8h 45m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	CLE 08:18 → DTW 09:20DL 3817 · flown by SkyWest	3h 05m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → SLC 14:19DL 935	8h 01m	96%	85%
United Details →	CLE 08:55 → DEN 10:10UA 690	3h 30m Denver	DEN 13:40 → SLC 15:13UA 1840	8h 18m	100%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLE 15:54 → CLT 17:40AA 1681	1h 04m Charlotte	CLT 18:44 → SLC 21:16AA 2611	7h 18m	74%	50%
Southwest Details →	CLE 18:30 → DEN 19:40WN 2887	1h 15m Denver	DEN 20:55 → SLC 22:40WN 1737	6h 05m	67%	27%
American Details →	CLE 19:52 → DFW 21:48AA 1682	1h 04m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:52 → SLC 00:36 +1AA 2378	6h 44m	61%	25%

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 05m · leaves 05:30 2%

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 07:05 6%

ORD · 1h 19m · leaves 07:00 6%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 1h 01m · leaves 17:12 35%

DFW · 1h 04m · leaves 19:52 39%

SFO · 59m · leaves 17:40 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.


United UA 776 CLE 07:15 → LAX Delta DL 1194 LAX 11:41 → SLC Connection details →	2h 29m	9h 19m	97%	87%
United UA 690 CLE 08:55 → DEN Frontier F9 3981 DEN 13:18 → SLC Connection details →	3h 08m	8h 00m	98%	84%
United UA 2246 CLE 11:10 → DEN Delta DL 1623 DEN 15:55 → SLC Connection details →	3h 29m	8h 25m	100%	83%

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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