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 3% of the time at 7 am and 2 times in 5 at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	EWR	SAT	4h 01m	88%	1.2%	575	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	EWR 06:00 → IAD 07:22UA 1366	1h 03m Dulles	IAD 08:25 → SAT 10:59UA 1789	5h 59m	97%	88%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	EWR 07:00 → SLC 10:00UA 2630	3h 25m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:25 → SAT 17:13DL 2680	11h 13m	100%	85%
United Details →	EWR 07:51 → DEN 10:09UA 1701	3h 35m Denver	DEN 13:44 → SAT 16:55UA 1022	10h 04m	97%	85%
United Details →	EWR 06:30 → DEN 08:45UA 670	50m Denver	DEN 09:35 → SAT 12:43UA 2625	7h 13m	91%	84%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	EWR 06:00 → ATL 08:23UA 1012	3h 52m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → SAT 13:38DL 1408	8h 41m	100%	82%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	EWR 10:54 → PHX 13:04AA 3058	3h 01m Phoenix	PHX 16:05 → SAT 20:15WN 1230	10h 21m	94%	81%
United + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	EWR 10:00 → DEN 12:18UA 2455	3h 22m Denver	DEN 15:40 → SAT 18:56F9 2356	9h 56m	98%	80%
United Details →	EWR 06:00 → IAH 08:41UA 492	58m Houston	IAH 09:39 → SAT 10:46UA 6201 · flown by Mesa	5h 46m	91%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	EWR 17:12 → DEN 19:45UA 1197	54m Denver	DEN 20:39 → SAT 23:55UA 395	7h 43m	66%	42%
United Details →	EWR 16:45 → ORD 18:34UA 661	1h 24m Chicago	ORD 19:58 → SAT 22:57UA 1394	7h 12m	72%	39%
American Details →	EWR 17:10 → DFW 20:10AA 1810	1h 45m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:55 → SAT 23:04AA 3097	6h 53m	72%	31%

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

IAD · 1h 03m · leaves 06:00 3%

ATL · 1h 18m · leaves 06:00 9%

IAH · 58m · leaves 06:00 9%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 14m · leaves 18:59 32%

DEN · 54m · leaves 17:12 34%

SFO · 49m · leaves 14:45 41%

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