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 9 am and 43% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


United	EWR	SNA	6h 12m	86%	1.6%	1,091	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 3 h behind Newark). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	EWR 06:30 → DEN 08:45UA 670	2h 35m Denver	DEN 11:20 → SNA 12:51UA 1320	9h 21m	99%	87%
United Details →	EWR 07:05 → IAH 09:50UA 2438	2h 40m Houston	IAH 12:30 → SNA 14:03UA 2780	9h 58m	99%	85%
Alaska Details →	EWR 07:25 → SEA 10:35AS 299	3h 14m Seattle	SEA 13:49 → SNA 16:41AS 773	12h 16m	99%	84%
United Details →	EWR 07:51 → DEN 10:09UA 1701	3h 16m Denver	DEN 13:25 → SNA 14:56UA 1707	10h 05m	97%	81%
United Details →	EWR 14:12 → IAH 17:10UA 2690	3h 02m Houston	IAH 20:12 → SNA 21:45UA 2761	10h 33m	97%	81%
United Details →	EWR 10:00 → DEN 12:18UA 2455	3h 42m Denver	DEN 16:00 → SNA 17:30UA 2657	10h 30m	99%	80%
Alaska Details →	EWR 06:30 → PDX 09:33AS 1630	1h 05m Portland	PDX 10:38 → SNA 13:15AS 588	9h 45m	90%	79%
United Details →	EWR 13:30 → SFO 16:28UA 1227	2h 42m San Francisco	SFO 19:10 → SNA 20:55UA 589	10h 25m	91%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	EWR 17:29 → PHX 19:51AA 1816	1h 16m Phoenix	PHX 21:07 → SNA 22:26AA 2637	7h 57m	74%	57%
United Details →	EWR 16:45 → ORD 18:34UA 661	1h 11m Chicago	ORD 19:45 → SNA 22:19UA 308	8h 34m	62%	50%
American Details →	EWR 14:20 → ORD 16:15AA 2250	50m Chicago	ORD 17:05 → SNA 19:37AA 519	8h 07m	49%	28%

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

DFW · 1h 00m · leaves 05:51 5%

SFO · 1h 14m · leaves 06:00 7%

ORD · 58m · leaves 06:00 9%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 47m · leaves 17:12 43%

ORD · 50m · leaves 14:20 51%

DFW · 1h 06m · leaves 17:10 52%

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 1139 EWR 06:30 → LAS Frontier F9 1699 LAS 11:17 → SNA Connection details →	2h 23m	9h 04m	98%	85%
United UA 1864 EWR 12:25 → LAS Delta DL 4179 LAS 18:06 → SNA Connection details →	3h 13m	10h 03m	98%	85%
United UA 2646 EWR 06:30 → PHX Frontier F9 4957 PHX 12:20 → SNA Connection details →	3h 38m	10h 12m	100%	80%

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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