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 6 am and 3 times in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DFW	LAX	3h 18m	89%	1.8%	740	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	ONT	3h 13m	82%	1.8%	327	Flying now
American	DFW	SNA	3h 23m	79%	2.8%	2,894	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	LAX	3h 26m	78%	0.8%	478	Flying now
Southwest	DAL	LGB	3h 20m	75%	1.2%	509	Flying now
Southwest	DAL	SNA	3h 20m	73%	0.8%	364	Flying now
Southwest	DAL	BUR	3h 25m	72%	1.8%	396	Flying now
Southwest	DAL	ONT	3h 15m	70%	1.3%	399	Flying now
American	DFW	ONT	3h 15m	70%	2.7%	1,969	Flying now
American	DFW	LAX	3h 24m	70%	2.5%	4,576	Flying now
Southwest	DAL	LAX	3h 25m	70%	1.0%	1,470	Flying now
American	DFW	BUR	3h 29m	69%	2.7%	728	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	SNA	3h 18m	68%	2.4%	42	Flying now
Spirit	DFW	LAX	3h 24m	80%	3.2%	441	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles area on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	DFW 09:30 → OKC 10:37AA 3805 · flown by Envoy	3h 45m Oklahoma City	OKC 14:22 → LAX 15:39AA 6272 · flown by SkyWest	8h 09m	100%	97%
American Details →	DFW 11:06 → TUL 12:18AA 3829 · flown by Envoy	3h 03m Tulsa	TUL 15:21 → LAX 16:55AA 6366 · flown by SkyWest	7h 49m	100%	94%
Southwest Details →	DAL 06:05 → LAS 06:50WN 1318	2h 50m Las Vegas	LAS 09:40 → BUR 10:55WN 2198	6h 50m	100%	94%
Southwest Details →	DAL 07:00 → SLC 08:40WN 1408	2h 40m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:20 → LAX 12:15WN 3746	7h 15m	100%	94%
Southwest Details →	DAL 07:40 → SMF 09:15WN 4218	3h 55m Sacramento	SMF 13:10 → LGB 14:40WN 2414	9h 00m	98%	94%
Southwest Details →	DAL 06:00 → DEN 07:00WN 1296	2h 35m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569	7h 05m	100%	91%
Southwest Details →	DAL 07:25 → LAS 08:10WN 2964	3h 25m Las Vegas	LAS 11:35 → LGB 12:45WN 2260	7h 20m	96%	90%
Southwest Details →	DAL 06:00 → PHX 06:28WN 1379	1h 22m Phoenix	PHX 07:50 → ONT 09:05WN 759	5h 05m	100%	90%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 18:38 → ORD 21:22AA 1424	1h 08m Chicago	ORD 22:30 → LAX 00:52 +1AA 1209	8h 14m	50%	24%
American Details →	DFW 15:30 → ORD 18:16AA 2740	52m Chicago	ORD 19:08 → LAX 21:33AA 2364	8h 03m	41%	23%
United Details →	DFW 11:02 → SFO 12:51UA 1712	48m San Francisco	SFO 13:39 → SNA 15:31UA 5440 · flown by SkyWest	6h 29m	17%	13%

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

LAS · 1h 05m · leaves 06:05 2%

DEN · 1h 07m · leaves 05:45 3%

IAH · 58m · leaves 05:10 5%

Afternoon and evening

LAS · 55m · leaves 19:10 61%

BNA · 1h 02m · leaves 15:50 63%

CLT · 58m · leaves 15:57 66%

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.


American AA 1014 DFW 08:20 → TUS Delta DL 3744 TUS 12:27 → LAX Connection details →	3h 49m	7h 55m	97%	94%
Southwest WN 1318 DAL 06:05 → LAS United UA 203 LAS 10:45 → LAX Connection details →	3h 55m	8h 00m	100%	94%
American AA 2633 DFW 08:30 → SMF Southwest WN 2414 SMF 13:10 → LGB Connection details →	3h 02m	8h 10m	98%	93%

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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