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 4 at 11 am and 42% of the time at 11 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DFW	ANC	6h 54m	64%	0.3%	394	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Alaska Details →	DFW 18:03 → SEA 20:24AS 322	3h 35m Seattle	SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363	11h 37m	100%	87%
United Details →	DFW 09:46 → IAH 11:03UA 1586	3h 17m Houston	IAH 14:20 → ANC 18:41UA 2369	11h 55m	97%	84%
United Details →	DFW 15:21 → SFO 17:13UA 454	1h 34m San Francisco	SFO 18:47 → ANC 22:46UA 1594	10h 25m	94%	83%
Alaska Details →	DFW 09:00 → SEA 11:20AS 365	3h 27m Seattle	SEA 14:47 → ANC 17:26AS 660	11h 26m	99%	81%
United Details →	DFW 11:35 → DEN 12:45UA 2049	2h 50m Denver	DEN 15:35 → ANC 19:12UA 1592	10h 37m	97%	78%
United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	47m Denver	DEN 07:40 → ANC 11:10UA 394	8h 25m	89%	78%
United Details →	DFW 07:15 → EWR 11:51UA 1219	3h 37m Newark	EWR 15:28 → ANC 19:12UA 450	14h 57m	100%	77%
Alaska Details →	DFW 06:24 → SEA 08:45AS 543	2h 14m Seattle	SEA 10:59 → ANC 13:41AS 433	10h 17m	97%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	DFW 20:45 → SEA 23:05AS 550	54m Seattle	SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363	8h 55m	58%	49%
American Details →	DFW 13:10 → ORD 15:51AA 2988	1h 09m Chicago	ORD 17:00 → ANC 20:51AA 1354	10h 42m	71%	45%
American Details →	DFW 17:55 → PHX 18:27AA 1648	51m Phoenix	PHX 19:18 → ANC 23:59AA 1981	9h 04m	42%	24%

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 14m · leaves 08:45 6%

SEA · 58m · leaves 09:00 25%

Afternoon and evening

MSP · 1h 13m · leaves 18:31 40%

SEA · 51m · leaves 18:03 48%

PHX · 51m · leaves 17:55 58%

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 2287 DFW 09:01 → PDX Alaska AS 1565 PDX 14:30 → ANC Connection details →	3h 29m	11h 15m	100%	85%
American AA 1360 DFW 05:00 → ORD Alaska AS 1546 ORD 10:00 → ANC Connection details →	2h 22m	11h 42m	93%	83%
American AA 1820 DFW 07:00 → EWR United UA 450 EWR 15:28 → ANC Connection details →	3h 57m	15h 12m	99%	82%

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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