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 Oakland on time 9 times in 10.

Best connections, any airlines

Ranked by chance you reach Oakland on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Oakland is 3 h behind New York). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 08:30 → PDX 11:34DL 1574	3h 34m Portland	PDX 15:08 → OAK 16:55AS 2035 · flown by Horizon	11h 25m	99%	98%
Delta Details →	JFK 16:29 → SLC 20:00DL 887	2h 50m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:50 → OAK 23:50DL 3797 · flown by SkyWest	10h 22m	96%	90%
Delta Details →	JFK 06:00 → SLC 09:03DL 892	1h 42m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:45 → OAK 11:53DL 4134 · flown by SkyWest	8h 53m	97%	87%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 06:00 → LAX 09:01AA 171	2h 54m Los Angeles	LAX 11:55 → OAK 13:15WN 4893	10h 15m	98%	78%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 11:00 → LAX 13:54DL 767	3h 51m Los Angeles	LAX 17:45 → OAK 19:05WN 2418	11h 05m	98%	77%
JetBlue + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 07:45 → SAN 10:34B6 189	1h 56m San Diego	SAN 12:30 → OAK 14:10AS 3218 · flown by SkyWest	9h 25m	92%	77%
Delta Details →	JFK 11:10 → SLC 14:18DL 917	1h 02m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:20 → OAK 16:23DL 3903 · flown by SkyWest	8h 13m	84%	75%
JetBlue + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 06:40 → LAS 09:11B6 411	1h 39m Las Vegas	LAS 10:50 → OAK 12:30WN 322	8h 50m	91%	69%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	JFK 18:29 → SLC 21:58DL 863	52m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:50 → OAK 23:50DL 3797 · flown by SkyWest	8h 22m	67%	62%
Alaska Details →	JFK 16:57 → SAN 20:08AS 25	53m San Diego	SAN 21:01 → OAK 22:41AS 2285 · flown by Horizon	8h 44m	68%	22%

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 06m · leaves 13:00 18%

SAN · 53m · leaves 16:57 32%

SLC · 52m · leaves 18:29 33%

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