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

No clear winner: United’s DEN → MRY flights land within a few points of 82% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	DEN	MRY	2h 55m	82%	0.3%	726	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Monterey on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Monterey is 1 h behind Denver). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	DEN 06:04 → LAX 07:34UA 1093	2h 47m Los Angeles	LAX 10:21 → MRY 11:42UA 5241 · flown by SkyWest	6h 38m	100%	90%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	DEN 10:05 → SEA 12:05WN 3051	3h 15m Seattle	SEA 15:20 → MRY 17:42AS 2129 · flown by Horizon	8h 37m	100%	87%
United Details →	DEN 15:43 → LAX 17:15UA 1195	2h 07m Los Angeles	LAX 19:22 → MRY 20:36UA 1363	5h 53m	96%	86%
American Details →	DEN 12:15 → PHX 13:08AA 1757	3h 30m Phoenix	PHX 16:38 → MRY 18:28AA 2884	7h 08m	97%	83%
American Details →	DEN 05:00 → DFW 08:05AA 2612	2h 10m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:15 → MRY 11:50AA 2140	7h 50m	98%	83%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	DEN 08:15 → SAN 09:40WN 1699	3h 13m San Diego	SAN 12:53 → MRY 14:28AS 3346 · flown by SkyWest	7h 13m	100%	82%
Frontier + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	DEN 06:45 → PHX 07:45F9 1747	2h 19m Phoenix	PHX 10:04 → MRY 12:05AA 3720 · flown by Envoy	6h 20m	95%	81%
United Details →	DEN 05:15 → SFO 06:53UA 2367	3h 12m San Francisco	SFO 10:05 → MRY 11:10UA 5479 · flown by SkyWest	6h 55m	99%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DEN 19:34 → SFO 21:20UA 1389	1h 20m San Francisco	SFO 22:40 → MRY 23:47UA 5670 · flown by SkyWest	5h 13m	57%	44%
United Details →	DEN 07:40 → SFO 09:18UA 2391	47m San Francisco	SFO 10:05 → MRY 11:10UA 5479 · flown by SkyWest	4h 30m	53%	40%
Alaska Details →	DEN 19:59 → SAN 21:40AS 3020 · flown by SkyWest	46m San Diego	SAN 22:26 → MRY 23:58AS 3005 · flown by SkyWest	4h 59m	15%	10%

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

DFW · 48m · leaves 06:20 21%

LAX · 49m · leaves 08:00 23%

SFO · 47m · leaves 07:40 47%

Afternoon and evening

SFO · 1h 20m · leaves 19:34 43%

SAN · 46m · leaves 19:59 85%

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