Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: American’s FCA → DFW flights land within a few points of 7 in 10 on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	FCA	DFW	3h 31m	71%	1.1%	262	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h ahead of Kalispell). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	FCA 05:19 → SLC 07:05DL 2201	2h 45m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:50 → DFW 13:33DL 2800	7h 14m	97%	81%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	FCA 13:20 → LAX 15:23UA 5427 · flown by SkyWest	3h 30m Los Angeles	LAX 18:53 → DFW 23:59DL 420	9h 39m	98%	79%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	FCA 06:33 → SEA 07:05AS 2122 · flown by Horizon	2h 10m Seattle	SEA 09:15 → DFW 15:17DL 803	7h 44m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	FCA 12:22 → SLC 14:09DL 2813	3h 31m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:40 → DFW 21:24DL 2796	8h 02m	100%	76%
Alaska + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	FCA 11:28 → SEA 12:05AS 2207 · flown by Horizon	3h 16m Seattle	SEA 15:21 → DFW 21:24AA 757	8h 56m	97%	69%
United + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	FCA 14:33 → DEN 16:50UA 1199	3h 43m Denver	DEN 20:33 → DFW 23:44F9 2632	8h 11m	97%	64%
United + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	FCA 06:20 → DEN 08:28UA 1561	1h 41m Denver	DEN 10:09 → DFW 13:19F9 3366	5h 59m	81%	62%
United Details →	FCA 10:42 → DEN 13:06UA 5991 · flown by SkyWest	2h 36m Denver	DEN 15:42 → DFW 18:48UA 414	7h 06m	98%	62%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	FCA 16:11 → SFO 17:50UA 5936 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m San Francisco	SFO 18:50 → DFW 00:37 +1UA 2478	7h 26m	52%	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

SLC · 50m · leaves 05:19 20%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 08m · leaves 17:28 19%

ORD · 1h 16m · leaves 13:35 20%

SFO · 1h 00m · leaves 16:11 48%

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