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% of the time at 11 am and 44% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


American	LAX	MIA	4h 59m	80%	0.6%	2,760	Flying now
JetBlue	LAX	FLL	4h 55m	77%	1.1%	1,779	Flying now
Delta	LAX	MIA	4h 58m	75%	1.6%	495	Flying now
Delta	LAX	FLL	5h 01m	73%	0.8%	363	Flying now
JetBlue	LAX	PBI	4h 50m	68%	1.1%	185	Not flying now
Spirit	LAX	FLL	4h 53m	57%	5.1%	156	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach South Florida on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Miami is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	LAX 21:55 → MCO 05:56AA 1118	2h 39m Orlando	MCO 08:35 → MIA 09:49 +1AA 2593	8h 54m	98%	94%
Delta Details →	LAX 22:20 → DTW 05:43DL 407	2h 42m Detroit	DTW 08:25 → PBI 11:28 +1DL 2926	10h 05m	98%	93%
United Details →	LAX 22:35 → CLE 06:10UA 2641	1h 20m Cleveland	CLE 07:30 → FLL 10:14 +1UA 715	8h 39m	97%	91%
United Details →	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491	1h 23m Houston	IAH 07:35 → FLL 11:22UA 2261	7h 31m	97%	90%
Delta Details →	BUR 16:54 → SLC 19:55DL 3693 · flown by SkyWest	3h 05m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:00 → MIA 05:42 +1DL 2040	9h 48m	100%	90%
Southwest Details →	LAX 21:50 → BWI 05:45WN 2385	2h 30m Baltimore	BWI 08:15 → PBI 10:50 +1WN 1041	10h 00m	100%	89%
United Details →	LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51UA 353	2h 09m Chicago	ORD 07:00 → FLL 11:13 +1UA 1421	9h 38m	98%	89%
Southwest Details →	ONT 23:55 → MDW 05:40WN 3153	2h 10m Chicago	MDW 07:50 → FLL 11:55 +1WN 4409	9h 00m	100%	89%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	LAX 19:32 → PHX 21:02AA 1362	58m Phoenix	PHX 22:00 → MIA 05:22 +1AA 2205	6h 50m	67%	45%
Delta Details →	LAX 09:33 → ATL 16:45DL 327	1h 00m Atlanta	ATL 17:45 → FLL 19:44DL 1670	7h 11m	72%	43%
United Details →	BUR 18:42 → SFO 20:10UA 1508	1h 05m San Francisco	SFO 21:15 → FLL 05:59 +1UA 1230	8h 17m	44%	33%

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

IAH · 1h 13m · leaves 05:45 1%

CLE · 1h 20m · leaves 22:35 3%

SFO · 1h 15m · leaves 06:00 4%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 51m · leaves 13:53 59%

HOU · 1h 05m · leaves 14:10 69%

SFO · 1h 08m · leaves 18:39 79%

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.


Southwest WN 2409 LAX 22:05 → MCO American AA 2593 MCO 08:35 → MIA Connection details →	2h 35m	8h 44m	100%	95%
Southwest WN 2382 LAX 23:00 → BNA American AA 487 BNA 07:20 → MIA Connection details →	2h 20m	8h 48m	100%	90%
United UA 1754 LAX 18:58 → ORD American AA 2984 ORD 05:00 → MIA Connection details →	3h 45m	11h 11m	97%	90%

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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