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

No nonstop, and no clear pattern: the best connection reaches Phoenix on time 9 times in 10.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
American FCA PHX 2h 51m 92%few flights 0.0% 13 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Phoenix on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Phoenix is 1 h behind Kalispell). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → FCA 13:20 → LAX 15:23UA 5427 · flown by SkyWest 59m Los Angeles LAX 16:22 → PHX 17:59UA 5457 · flown by SkyWest 5h 39m 91% 89%
DeltaDetails → FCA 12:22 → SLC 14:09DL 2813 3h 16m Salt Lake City SLC 17:25 → PHX 18:07DL 1451 6h 45m 100% 89%
DeltaDetails → FCA 18:10 → SLC 20:00DL 3798 · flown by SkyWest 2h 45m Salt Lake City SLC 22:45 → PHX 23:31DL 1496 6h 21m 99% 86%
UnitedDetails → FCA 06:20 → DEN 08:28UA 1561 2h 57m Denver DEN 11:25 → PHX 12:25UA 1686 7h 05m 95% 83%
DeltaDetails → FCA 05:19 → SLC 07:05DL 2201 1h 00m Salt Lake City SLC 08:05 → PHX 08:49DL 1447 4h 30m 88% 82%
UnitedDetails → FCA 10:42 → DEN 13:06UA 5991 · flown by SkyWest 2h 29m Denver DEN 15:35 → PHX 16:35UA 1254 6h 53m 98% 80%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → FCA 16:34 → SEA 17:12AS 2110 · flown by Horizon 3h 23m Seattle SEA 20:35 → PHX 23:36DL 2447 8h 02m 100% 80%
DeltaDetails → FCA 06:55 → MSP 10:30DL 1578 1h 02m Minneapolis MSP 11:32 → PHX 12:46DL 2274 6h 55m 96% 76%
Tight connection: often missed
AmericanDetails → FCA 15:51 → DFW 20:30AA 1842 59m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 21:29 → PHX 22:06AA 3239 7h 16m 67% 37%
AmericanDetails → FCA 12:26 → DFW 17:05AA 1845 50m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 17:55 → PHX 18:27AA 1648 7h 01m 67% 35%
AmericanDetails → FCA 16:48 → ORD 21:30AA 1844 1h 04m Chicago ORD 22:34 → PHX 00:14 +1AA 2786 8h 25m 61% 29%

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
MSP · 1h 02m · leaves 06:55 4%
SLC · 1h 00m · leaves 05:19 12%
Afternoon and evening
DEN · 1h 14m · leaves 17:28 19%
DFW · 59m · leaves 15:51 33%
ORD · 1h 04m · leaves 16:48 39%

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