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 5% of the time at 9 am and 29% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	FAT	LAX	1h 20m	87%	0.5%	982	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	FAT 17:13 → SLC 20:00DL 3777 · flown by SkyWest	2h 45m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → LAX 23:46DL 2014	6h 33m	99%	94%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	FAT 05:25 → LAS 06:35WN 1842	3h 29m Las Vegas	LAS 10:04 → LAX 11:24AA 6425 · flown by SkyWest	5h 59m	100%	93%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	FAT 06:09 → SLC 08:55DL 4138 · flown by SkyWest	2h 25m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:20 → LAX 12:15WN 3746	6h 06m	98%	91%
United Details →	FAT 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1774	1h 40m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	6h 34m	96%	88%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	FAT 06:25 → SAN 07:40WN 1844	3h 09m San Diego	SAN 10:49 → LAX 11:58UA 5384 · flown by SkyWest	5h 33m	96%	87%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	FAT 06:00 → SAN 07:24AS 3402 · flown by SkyWest	3h 26m San Diego	SAN 10:50 → LAX 12:12DL 3716 · flown by SkyWest	6h 12m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	FAT 12:35 → SLC 15:22DL 3768 · flown by SkyWest	1h 48m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:10 → LAX 18:10DL 1161	5h 35m	98%	83%
Alaska Details →	FAT 07:30 → PDX 09:27AS 3487 · flown by SkyWest	1h 18m Portland	PDX 10:45 → LAX 13:20AS 695	5h 50m	95%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	FAT 18:40 → SFO 19:44UA 5349 · flown by SkyWest	1h 11m San Francisco	SFO 20:55 → LAX 22:37UA 2850	3h 57m	71%	44%
United Details →	FAT 10:21 → SFO 11:25UA 5737 · flown by SkyWest	50m San Francisco	SFO 12:15 → LAX 13:55UA 1506	3h 34m	39%	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

PDX · 1h 18m · leaves 07:30 5%

SFO · 1h 16m · leaves 06:30 13%

DFW · 50m · leaves 23:59 25%

Afternoon and evening

SFO · 1h 11m · leaves 18:40 29%

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