Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 6% of the time at 12 pm and 2 times in 3 at 10 pm.
Nonstops
Nonstop details →| Alaska | LAX | EWR | 5h 33m | 91% | 1.5% | 521 | Flying now |
| Delta | SNA | JFK | 5h 23m | 89% | 5.8% | 86 | Flying now |
| Delta | LAX | JFK | 5h 35m | 82% | 2.2% | 3,364 | Flying now |
| United | SNA | EWR | 5h 27m | 80% | 2.0% | 1,091 | Flying now |
| JetBlue | LAX | JFK | 5h 36m | 80% | 2.8% | 3,477 | Flying now |
| JetBlue | LAX | EWR | 5h 27m | 80% | 2.2% | 498 | Flying now |
| United | LAX | EWR | 5h 25m | 79% | 1.8% | 3,538 | Flying now |
| American | LAX | JFK | 5h 39m | 77% | 2.5% | 3,272 | Flying now |
| American | SNA | JFK | 5h 31m | 74% | 2.1% | 376 | Flying now |
| JetBlue | ONT | JFK | 5h 22m | 72% | 1.8% | 165 | Flying now |
| JetBlue | BUR | JFK | 5h 30m | 72% | 6.1% | 180 | Flying now |
| Frontier | LAX | JFK | 5h 37m | 80% | 0.6% | 171 | Not flying now |
| Spirit | LAX | EWR | 5h 19m | 76% | 4.5% | 286 | Not flying now |
Best connections, one ticket
Ranked by chance you reach New York on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (New York is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| SouthwestDetails → | ONT 23:55 → MDW 05:40WN 3153 | 2h 25m Chicago | MDW 08:05 → LGA 11:20 +1WN 2038 | 8h 25m | 100% | 96% |
| AlaskaDetails → | ONT 17:32 → PDX 19:49AS 2456 · flown by Horizon | 1h 42m Portland | PDX 21:31 → EWR 05:59 +1AS 1631 | 9h 27m | 98% | 91% |
| AlaskaDetails → | LAX 16:25 → SFO 17:47AS 1610 | 3h 43m San Francisco | SFO 21:30 → JFK 06:20 +1AS 211 | 10h 55m | 100% | 91% |
| DeltaDetails → | LAX 17:01 → PDX 19:17DL 2459 | 3h 18m Portland | PDX 22:35 → JFK 06:55 +1DL 2139 | 10h 54m | 98% | 89% |
| UnitedDetails → | LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51UA 353 | 2h 19m Chicago | ORD 07:10 → EWR 10:30 +1UA 563 | 8h 55m | 98% | 88% |
| UnitedDetails → | LAX 18:45 → DEN 22:15UA 2610 | 1h 44m Denver | DEN 23:59 → EWR 05:40 +1UA 1745 | 7h 55m | 98% | 88% |
| DeltaDetails → | LAX 22:45 → ATL 06:07DL 899 | 3h 33m Atlanta | ATL 09:40 → JFK 12:00 +1DL 1034 | 10h 11m | 99% | 88% |
| UnitedDetails → | LAX 21:30 → IAD 05:36UA 2632 | 57m Dulles | IAD 06:33 → EWR 07:52 +1UA 2147 | 7h 22m | 94% | 88% |
| Tight connection: often missed | ||||||
| JetBlueDetails → | LAX 08:45 → FLL 17:08B6 1700 | 50m Fort Lauderdale | FLL 17:58 → EWR 21:03B6 106 | 9h 16m | 65% | 34% |
| UnitedDetails → | SNA 09:45 → SFO 11:21UA 5562 · flown by SkyWest | 1h 14m San Francisco | SFO 12:35 → EWR 21:25UA 1597 | 8h 40m | 48% | 31% |
| AmericanDetails → | LAX 10:40 → MIA 19:00AA 3016 | 47m Miami | MIA 19:47 → EWR 22:53AA 322 | 9h 15m | 50% | 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.
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 2485 LGB 18:15 → LAS American AA 2855 LAS 22:47 → JFK Connection details → |
3h 22m | 9h 45m | 100% | 93% |
| Southwest WN 2409 LAX 22:05 → MCO United UA 1227 MCO 09:10 → EWR Connection details → |
3h 10m | 10h 48m | 100% | 89% |
| Alaska AS 589 SNA 18:09 → PDX Delta DL 2139 PDX 22:35 → JFK Connection details → |
2h 04m | 9h 46m | 99% | 88% |
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