tailodds FORECAST
Tickets
Any day
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 5 at 11 am and 1 time in 3 at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
United EWR ANC 7h 44m 86% 2.9% 104 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Anchorage on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Anchorage is 4 h behind Newark). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → EWR 11:50 → SFO 15:01UA 1343 3h 46m San Francisco SFO 18:47 → ANC 22:46UA 1594 14h 56m 98% 85%
United + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → EWR 06:00 → ORD 07:42UA 530 2h 18m Chicago ORD 10:00 → ANC 13:42AS 1546 11h 42m 96% 84%
UnitedDetails → EWR 07:59 → IAH 10:44UA 332 3h 36m Houston IAH 14:20 → ANC 18:41UA 2369 14h 42m 98% 84%
UnitedDetails → EWR 10:00 → DEN 12:18UA 2455 3h 17m Denver DEN 15:35 → ANC 19:12UA 1592 13h 12m 99% 80%
AlaskaDetails → EWR 17:36 → SEA 20:58AS 462 3h 01m Seattle SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363 13h 04m 95% 80%
UnitedDetails → EWR 06:30 → DEN 08:45UA 670 2h 35m Denver DEN 11:20 → ANC 14:53UA 280 12h 23m 99% 78%
United + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → EWR 08:50 → SEA 11:57UA 1330 2h 50m Seattle SEA 14:47 → ANC 17:26AS 660 12h 36m 96% 78%
AlaskaDetails → EWR 09:30 → SEA 12:43AS 230 3h 15m Seattle SEA 15:58 → ANC 18:37AS 99 13h 07m 96% 72%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → EWR 14:45 → SFO 17:48UA 2328 59m San Francisco SFO 18:47 → ANC 22:46UA 1594 12h 01m 67% 59%
AlaskaDetails → EWR 17:36 → SEA 20:58AS 462 59m Seattle SEA 21:57 → ANC 00:41 +1AS 1560 11h 05m 71% 50%

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
PDX · 57m · leaves 06:30 12%
SEA · 1h 04m · leaves 07:25 20%
Afternoon and evening
IAD · 1h 11m · leaves 15:08 22%
SEA · 59m · leaves 17:36 29%
SFO · 59m · leaves 14:45 33%

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