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 barely half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


United	DFW	SFO	3h 58m	71%	0.9%	909	Flying now
American	DFW	SFO	3h 51m	59%	2.7%	3,071	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	SFO	4h 03m	55%	4.5%	199	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	58m Houston	IAH 07:20 → SFO 09:25UA 1768	6h 15m	95%	82%
American Details →	DFW 17:30 → LAX 18:44AA 1972	3h 48m Los Angeles	LAX 22:32 → SFO 23:59AA 6510 · flown by SkyWest	8h 29m	97%	76%
United Details →	DFW 08:45 → DEN 10:06UA 644	3h 19m Denver	DEN 13:25 → SFO 15:09UA 1812	8h 24m	99%	75%
United Details →	DFW 11:59 → IAH 13:17UA 539	2h 13m Houston	IAH 15:30 → SFO 17:35UA 589	7h 36m	94%	75%
United Details →	DFW 17:24 → IAH 18:46UA 1609	3h 13m Houston	IAH 21:59 → SFO 00:05 +1UA 1609	8h 41m	94%	73%
United Details →	DFW 07:20 → IAD 11:26UA 2639	1h 14m Dulles	IAD 12:40 → SFO 15:27UA 1434	10h 07m	93%	72%
United Details →	DFW 09:45 → ORD 12:26UA 1114	2h 04m Chicago	ORD 14:30 → SFO 17:19UA 1577	9h 34m	97%	71%
Delta Details →	DFW 16:15 → SEA 18:35DL 408	3h 10m Seattle	SEA 21:45 → SFO 00:06 +1DL 2635	9h 51m	100%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DFW 16:01 → IAH 17:18UA 2682	47m Houston	IAH 18:05 → SFO 20:10UA 1341	6h 09m	45%	27%
American Details →	DFW 07:20 → LAX 08:35AA 1154	47m Los Angeles	LAX 09:22 → SFO 10:56AA 6330 · flown by SkyWest	5h 36m	63%	22%
American Details →	DFW 16:50 → ORD 19:44AA 2474	1h 16m Chicago	ORD 21:00 → SFO 23:58AA 3054	8h 52m	67%	20%

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

EWR · 1h 20m · leaves 06:01 5%

IAH · 58m · leaves 05:10 5%

DEN · 1h 15m · leaves 08:45 5%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 47m · leaves 16:01 55%

LAX · 50m · leaves 18:30 59%

MIA · 55m · leaves 15:39 59%

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 3334 DFW 13:11 → LAX United UA 233 LAX 17:10 → SFO Connection details →	2h 50m	7h 27m	93%	76%
American AA 2287 DFW 09:01 → PDX Alaska AS 236 PDX 14:49 → SFO Connection details →	3h 48m	9h 39m	100%	73%
American AA 3390 DFW 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 750 ATL 12:56 → SFO Connection details →	3h 43m	10h 54m	100%	73%

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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