Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 5% of the time at 6 am and 43% of the time at 11 pm.
Nonstops
Nonstop details →| Southwest | LGB | DAL | 2h 55m | 85% | 0.8% | 509 | Flying now |
| Delta | LAX | DFW | 3h 13m | 85% | 1.6% | 740 | Flying now |
| Southwest | BUR | DAL | 3h 05m | 85% | 1.0% | 394 | Flying now |
| American | BUR | DFW | 3h 18m | 82% | 2.9% | 728 | Flying now |
| American | SNA | DFW | 3h 07m | 81% | 3.1% | 2,894 | Flying now |
| American | ONT | DFW | 3h 02m | 81% | 2.8% | 1,970 | Flying now |
| Southwest | SNA | DAL | 2h 55m | 77% | 0.5% | 364 | Flying now |
| Southwest | ONT | DAL | 2h 50m | 76% | 1.5% | 399 | Flying now |
| Frontier | ONT | DFW | 3h 12m | 75% | 1.8% | 327 | Flying now |
| Frontier | LAX | DFW | 3h 17m | 74% | 1.7% | 478 | Flying now |
| American | LAX | DFW | 3h 10m | 74% | 2.5% | 4,568 | Flying now |
| Southwest | LAX | DAL | 3h 00m | 66% | 0.7% | 1,471 | Flying now |
| Frontier | SNA | DFW | 3h 18m | 59% | 2.4% | 42 | Flying now |
| Spirit | LAX | DFW | 3h 04m | 74% | 3.6% | 439 | Not flying now |
Best connections, one ticket
Ranked by chance you reach Dallas on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 2 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| UnitedDetails → | LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010 | 1h 18m Denver | DEN 09:40 → DFW 12:48UA 355 | 5h 48m | 100% | 94% |
| SouthwestDetails → | LAX 05:05 → PHX 06:30WN 116 | 1h 45m Phoenix | PHX 08:15 → DAL 12:40WN 875 | 5h 35m | 100% | 93% |
| SouthwestDetails → | LAX 23:40 → HOU 05:00WN 2402 | 2h 00m Houston | HOU 07:00 → DAL 08:10 +1WN 4 | 6h 30m | 97% | 89% |
| AmericanDetails → | LAX 06:19 → PHX 07:51AA 2027 | 2h 40m Phoenix | PHX 10:31 → DFW 15:10AA 3284 | 6h 51m | 97% | 83% |
| SouthwestDetails → | SNA 07:45 → LAS 09:05WN 4296 | 1h 33m Las Vegas | LAS 10:38 → DAL 15:25WN 2218 | 5h 41m | 100% | 82% |
| AmericanDetails → | ONT 06:11 → PHX 07:30AA 1194 | 2h 00m Phoenix | PHX 09:30 → DFW 14:08AA 554 | 5h 57m | 95% | 81% |
| UnitedDetails → | LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491 | 1h 11m Houston | IAH 07:23 → DFW 08:50UA 358 | 5h 59m | 95% | 81% |
| AlaskaDetails → | ONT 07:00 → PDX 09:15AS 345 | 1h 30m Portland | PDX 10:45 → DFW 16:42AS 392 | 7h 42m | 100% | 81% |
| Tight connection: often missed | ||||||
| UnitedDetails → | LAX 07:30 → SFO 09:06UA 1372 | 1h 19m San Francisco | SFO 10:25 → DFW 16:08UA 2842 | 6h 38m | 71% | 43% |
| AmericanDetails → | LAX 09:31 → ORD 15:59AA 2608 | 52m Chicago | ORD 16:51 → DFW 19:28AA 2988 | 7h 57m | 66% | 29% |
| AmericanDetails → | LAX 13:25 → ORD 19:59AA 3134 | 1h 00m Chicago | ORD 20:59 → DFW 23:32AA 2600 | 8h 07m | 58% | 26% |
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.
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
| Southwest WN 3887 SNA 07:05 → PHX American AA 3284 PHX 10:31 → DFW Connection details → |
2h 01m | 6h 05m | 100% | 86% |
| Southwest WN 116 LAX 05:05 → PHX American AA 2719 PHX 08:30 → DFW Connection details → |
2h 00m | 6h 00m | 100% | 86% |
| Southwest WN 2379 LAX 06:30 → AUS American AA 4095 AUS 13:56 → DFW Connection details → |
2h 31m | 6h 40m | 98% | 86% |
Rank all connections, any airlines →
Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.
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