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 80-minute layover misses 6% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 4 at 4 pm.

Nonstops


American	DFW	SNA	3h 23m	79%	2.8%	2,894	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	SNA	3h 18m	68%	2.4%	42	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Santa Ana on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Santa Ana 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	3h 08m Houston	IAH 09:30 → SNA 10:59UA 1383	7h 49m	99%	89%
United Details →	DFW 08:45 → DEN 10:06UA 644	3h 19m Denver	DEN 13:25 → SNA 14:56UA 1707	8h 11m	99%	85%
United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	47m Denver	DEN 07:40 → SNA 09:07UA 2666	5h 22m	89%	84%
United Details →	DFW 15:21 → SFO 17:13UA 454	1h 57m San Francisco	SFO 19:10 → SNA 20:55UA 589	7h 34m	94%	83%
Alaska Details →	DFW 06:24 → SEA 08:45AS 543	2h 21m Seattle	SEA 11:06 → SNA 13:55AS 1357	9h 31m	97%	82%
Frontier Details →	DFW 05:18 → DEN 06:31F9 2147	1h 09m Denver	DEN 07:40 → SNA 09:09F9 4371	5h 51m	92%	81%
Alaska Details →	DFW 13:02 → SEA 15:23AS 415	1h 57m Seattle	SEA 17:20 → SNA 20:08AS 472	9h 06m	96%	81%
United Details →	DFW 06:00 → SFO 07:47UA 790	2h 36m San Francisco	SFO 10:23 → SNA 12:06UA 643	8h 06m	98%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 13:10 → ORD 15:51AA 2988	1h 14m Chicago	ORD 17:05 → SNA 19:37AA 519	8h 17m	74%	45%
American Details →	DFW 08:55 → PHX 09:29AA 520	46m Phoenix	PHX 10:15 → SNA 11:43AA 2655	4h 48m	53%	32%
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

DEN · 1h 14m · leaves 08:45 6%

ATL · 51m · leaves 06:55 12%

ORD · 50m · leaves 08:30 21%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 1h 05m · leaves 18:12 38%

PHX · 1h 13m · leaves 19:17 42%

DEN · 50m · leaves 16:50 46%

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 1523 DFW 07:04 → DEN United UA 1320 DEN 11:20 → SNA Connection details →	3h 12m	7h 47m	98%	85%
American AA 1969 DFW 07:00 → LAS Frontier F9 1699 LAS 11:17 → SNA Connection details →	3h 26m	7h 34m	99%	84%
American AA 3193 DFW 07:20 → IAH United UA 2780 IAH 12:30 → SNA Connection details →	3h 58m	8h 43m	97%	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