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 75-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 3 at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Alaska	EWR	LAX	6h 11m	74%	2.1%	522	Flying now
United	EWR	LAX	5h 56m	73%	1.9%	3,539	Flying now
JetBlue	EWR	LAX	5h 50m	72%	2.2%	498	Flying now
Spirit	EWR	LAX	6h 14m	65%	7.0%	286	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	EWR 06:30 → LAS 08:54UA 1139	1h 51m Las Vegas	LAS 10:45 → LAX 12:05UA 203	8h 35m	98%	92%
United Details →	EWR 06:30 → DEN 08:45UA 670	1h 17m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	8h 04m	99%	90%
United Details →	EWR 06:30 → PHX 08:42UA 2646	1h 24m Phoenix	PHX 10:06 → LAX 11:31UA 2487	8h 01m	99%	87%
United Details →	EWR 10:05 → IAD 11:28UA 1691	3h 47m Dulles	IAD 15:15 → LAX 17:47UA 684	10h 42m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	EWR 07:05 → ATL 09:22DL 1673	2h 08m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326	9h 03m	96%	86%
American Details →	EWR 05:00 → CLT 06:57AA 1113	2h 00m Charlotte	CLT 08:57 → LAX 10:56AA 1995	8h 56m	96%	86%
United Details →	EWR 07:51 → DEN 10:09UA 1701	3h 17m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	10h 06m	97%	86%
United Details →	EWR 06:35 → SAN 09:21UA 1826	1h 28m San Diego	SAN 10:49 → LAX 11:58UA 5384 · flown by SkyWest	8h 23m	95%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	EWR 08:15 → SFO 11:29UA 1777	46m San Francisco	SFO 12:15 → LAX 13:55UA 1506	8h 40m	61%	42%
American Details →	EWR 17:29 → PHX 19:51AA 1816	47m Phoenix	PHX 20:38 → LAX 22:07AA 3204	7h 38m	51%	33%
American Details →	EWR 14:20 → ORD 16:15AA 2250	55m Chicago	ORD 17:10 → LAX 19:33AA 1437	8h 13m	54%	27%

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 17m · leaves 06:30 1%

IAH · 1h 12m · leaves 06:00 3%

MIA · 1h 10m · leaves 05:31 3%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 04m · leaves 18:59 39%

ORD · 55m · leaves 14:20 46%

PHX · 47m · leaves 17:29 49%

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.


United UA 1012 EWR 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 326 ATL 11:30 → LAX Connection details →	3h 07m	10h 08m	100%	91%
United UA 670 EWR 06:30 → DEN Frontier F9 2341 DEN 12:32 → LAX Connection details →	3h 47m	10h 39m	100%	90%
United UA 1613 EWR 06:30 → PDX Delta DL 2766 PDX 13:25 → LAX Connection details →	4h 00m	12h 21m	100%	89%

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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