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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 88% 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 2 h behind Houston). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
SouthwestDetails → HOU 07:48 → SJC 09:38WN 2079 3h 22m San Jose SJC 13:00 → SNA 14:25WN 397 8h 37m 98% 88%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → HOU 05:30 → LAS 06:30WN 2251 2h 15m Las Vegas LAS 08:45 → SNA 10:04DL 4078 · flown by SkyWest 6h 34m 100% 88%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → HOU 14:10 → LAS 15:20WN 2002 2h 46m Las Vegas LAS 18:06 → SNA 19:28DL 4179 · flown by SkyWest 7h 18m 98% 86%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → HOU 08:15 → DEN 09:45WN 1971 3h 40m Denver DEN 13:25 → SNA 14:56UA 1707 8h 41m 100% 86%
SouthwestDetails → HOU 05:30 → DEN 06:55WN 1970 55m Denver DEN 07:50 → SNA 09:15WN 1745 5h 45m 91% 86%
SouthwestDetails → HOU 07:35 → OAK 09:30WN 2056 2h 35m Oakland OAK 12:05 → SNA 13:35WN 3086 8h 00m 100% 86%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails → HOU 07:50 → LAS 09:00WN 1998 2h 17m Las Vegas LAS 11:17 → SNA 12:34F9 1699 6h 44m 98% 85%
SouthwestDetails → HOU 06:20 → PHX 06:55WN 2062 3h 00m Phoenix PHX 09:55 → SNA 11:15WN 3001 6h 55m 98% 81%
Tight connection: often missed
AmericanDetails → HOU 16:14 → DFW 17:38AA 5002 · flown by SkyWest 1h 37m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 19:15 → SNA 20:22AA 806 6h 08m 71% 44%
AmericanDetails → HOU 18:49 → DFW 20:15AA 6385 · flown by SkyWest 1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 21:16 → SNA 22:24AA 348 5h 35m 54% 34%
SouthwestDetails → HOU 17:55 → DEN 19:40WN 1974 50m Denver DEN 20:30 → SNA 21:55WN 744 6h 00m 21% 11%

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
PHX · 1h 15m · leaves 06:20 5%
DEN · 55m · leaves 05:30 9%
DFW · 55m · leaves 06:03 15%
Afternoon and evening
ATL · 1h 12m · leaves 13:10 18%
DFW · 1h 01m · leaves 18:49 46%

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