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

Take the nonstop: Alaska JFK → ANC (7h 57m) reaches Anchorage on time 85% of the time; the most reliable connection, Delta via Seattle (12h 37m), 72%.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	JFK	ANC	7h 57m	86%	1.4%	71	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Anchorage on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Anchorage is 4 h behind New York). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Alaska + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 11:30 → SFO 14:50AS 41	3h 57m San Francisco	SFO 18:47 → ANC 22:46UA 1594	15h 16m	96%	83%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 08:30 → PDX 11:34DL 1574	2h 56m Portland	PDX 14:30 → ANC 17:16AS 1565	12h 46m	97%	82%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 16:50 → SEA 20:19DL 740	3h 40m Seattle	SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363	13h 50m	97%	82%
JetBlue + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 08:15 → IAH 11:01B6 1381	3h 19m Houston	IAH 14:20 → ANC 18:41UA 2369	14h 26m	96%	80%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 13:40 → LAX 16:38DL 747	2h 53m Los Angeles	LAX 19:31 → ANC 23:55AS 1899	14h 15m	94%	74%
JetBlue + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 10:30 → DEN 13:11B6 1497	2h 24m Denver	DEN 15:35 → ANC 19:12UA 1592	12h 42m	94%	74%
Delta Details →	JFK 11:30 → SEA 14:50DL 1719	2h 40m Seattle	SEA 17:30 → ANC 20:07DL 931	12h 37m	96%	72%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 07:00 → SEA 10:05DL 699	2h 13m Seattle	SEA 12:18 → ANC 15:06AS 657	12h 06m	95%	70%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	JFK 16:50 → SEA 20:19DL 740	1h 01m Seattle	SEA 21:20 → ANC 23:56DL 936	11h 06m	72%	50%
Delta Details →	JFK 18:20 → MSP 21:00DL 4933 · flown by Endeavor	1h 13m Minneapolis	MSP 22:13 → ANC 00:59 +1DL 411	10h 35m	72%	48%
American Details →	JFK 14:42 → DFW 17:44AA 1953	56m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:40 → ANC 22:39AA 395	11h 57m	66%	41%

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.

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 1h 01m · leaves 16:50 28%

PDX · 57m · leaves 17:08 29%

DFW · 56m · leaves 14:42 34%

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