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

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 1 time in 10 at 11 am and 1 time in 5 at 4 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	JFK	SNA	6h 09m	85%	1.9%	376	Flying now
Delta	JFK	SNA	5h 57m	84%	4.7%	86	Flying now

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 New York). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 08:30 → PDX 11:34DL 1574	3h 14m Portland	PDX 14:48 → SNA 17:19AS 264	11h 49m	99%	90%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 13:00 → SEA 16:19AS 23	3h 16m Seattle	SEA 19:35 → SNA 22:30DL 3932 · flown by SkyWest	12h 30m	97%	85%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 07:00 → SEA 10:05DL 699	3h 44m Seattle	SEA 13:49 → SNA 16:41AS 773	12h 41m	99%	83%
JetBlue + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 06:40 → LAS 09:11B6 411	2h 06m Las Vegas	LAS 11:17 → SNA 12:34F9 1699	8h 54m	97%	83%
Alaska Details →	JFK 09:30 → SFO 12:52AS 227	2h 56m San Francisco	SFO 15:48 → SNA 17:26AS 3494 · flown by SkyWest	10h 56m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	JFK 11:10 → SLC 14:18DL 917	3h 07m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:25 → SNA 18:30DL 3856 · flown by SkyWest	10h 20m	99%	79%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 08:25 → DEN 10:55DL 532	2h 30m Denver	DEN 13:25 → SNA 14:56UA 1707	9h 31m	96%	79%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	JFK 11:30 → SEA 14:50DL 1719	2h 30m Seattle	SEA 17:20 → SNA 20:08AS 472	11h 38m	93%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	JFK 11:30 → SFO 14:50AS 41	58m San Francisco	SFO 15:48 → SNA 17:26AS 3494 · flown by SkyWest	8h 56m	62%	51%
Alaska Details →	JFK 07:00 → SEA 10:16AS 21	50m Seattle	SEA 11:06 → SNA 13:55AS 1357	9h 55m	54%	44%
American Details →	JFK 17:25 → DFW 20:30AA 606	46m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:16 → SNA 22:24AA 348	7h 59m	46%	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

DFW · 1h 03m · leaves 06:49 6%

PHX · 57m · leaves 07:02 13%

SEA · 50m · leaves 07:00 46%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 12m · leaves 13:59 18%

SEA · 1h 01m · leaves 13:00 21%

DFW · 46m · leaves 17:25 54%

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