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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 Santa Ana on time 86% of the time.

Best connections, any airlines

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 Fort Lauderdale). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → FLL 08:00 → DEN 10:18UA 1311 3h 07m Denver DEN 13:25 → SNA 14:56UA 1707 9h 56m 99% 86%
UnitedDetails → FLL 07:00 → IAH 08:45UA 2314 3h 45m Houston IAH 12:30 → SNA 14:03UA 2780 10h 03m 100% 85%
JetBlue + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails → FLL 07:10 → LAS 09:13B6 1707 2h 04m Las Vegas LAS 11:17 → SNA 12:34F9 1699 8h 24m 94% 80%
UnitedDetails → FLL 11:11 → EWR 14:15UA 210 2h 45m Newark EWR 17:00 → SNA 20:06UA 1690 11h 55m 98% 79%
UnitedDetails → FLL 08:03 → SFO 11:01UA 1658 2h 38m San Francisco SFO 13:39 → SNA 15:31UA 5440 · flown by SkyWest 10h 28m 100% 79%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → FLL 08:05 → SEA 11:35DL 356 2h 14m Seattle SEA 13:49 → SNA 16:41AS 773 11h 36m 93% 79%
AmericanDetails → FLL 06:00 → DFW 08:16AA 1232 1h 24m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 09:40 → SNA 10:52AA 2672 7h 48m 96% 78%
UnitedDetails → FLL 07:55 → EWR 10:59UA 2330 3h 30m Newark EWR 14:29 → SNA 17:18UA 1350 12h 23m 100% 77%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → FLL 15:30 → DEN 18:18UA 1417 52m Denver DEN 19:10 → SNA 20:40UA 1704 8h 10m 71% 53%
DeltaDetails → FLL 14:50 → MSP 17:39DL 673 49m Minneapolis MSP 18:28 → SNA 20:24DL 2107 8h 34m 59% 40%
DeltaDetails → FLL 14:31 → ATL 16:40DL 2063 50m Atlanta ATL 17:30 → SNA 19:06DL 2012 7h 35m 52% 36%

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 02m · leaves 08:00 6%
SFO · 59m · leaves 08:03 15%
Afternoon and evening
DEN · 52m · leaves 15:30 29%
MSP · 49m · leaves 14:50 41%
ATL · 50m · leaves 14:31 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