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 75-minute layover misses 1% of the time at 9 am and 18% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Allegiant	LAS	DSM	2h 56m	81%	0.0%	230	Flying now
Southwest	LAS	DSM	2h 55m	79%	0.5%	365	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Des Moines on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Des Moines is 2 h ahead of Las Vegas). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Frontier + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	LAS 00:59 → DEN 03:53F9 2016	3h 59m Denver	DEN 07:52 → DSM 10:42UA 4801 · flown by SkyWest	7h 43m	97%	96%
United Details →	LAS 23:59 → ORD 05:40UA 726	3h 02m Chicago	ORD 08:42 → DSM 10:17 +1UA 1803	8h 18m	100%	95%
United Details →	LAS 05:30 → DEN 08:32UA 596	1h 18m Denver	DEN 09:50 → DSM 12:47UA 5211 · flown by SkyWest	5h 17m	99%	91%
Southwest Details →	LAS 06:30 → DEN 09:20WN 2966	2h 45m Denver	DEN 12:05 → DSM 14:50WN 1524	6h 20m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	LAS 00:33 → ATL 07:18DL 857	2h 15m Atlanta	ATL 09:33 → DSM 10:45DL 1704	8h 13m	99%	85%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	LAS 05:05 → DEN 07:55WN 2223	2h 51m Denver	DEN 10:46 → DSM 13:32F9 1678	6h 29m	100%	83%
American Details →	LAS 00:59 → DFW 05:44AA 2921	1h 27m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 07:11 → DSM 09:11AA 3495 · flown by Envoy	6h 12m	92%	82%
Frontier + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	LAS 08:15 → DEN 11:19F9 4968	2h 11m Denver	DEN 13:30 → DSM 16:15UA 1311	6h 00m	91%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	LAS 13:56 → CLT 21:36AA 2038	1h 08m Charlotte	CLT 22:44 → DSM 00:09 +1AA 2241	8h 15m	74%	38%
American Details →	LAS 16:34 → PHX 17:48AA 3186	1h 02m Phoenix	PHX 18:50 → DSM 23:47AA 568	5h 05m	58%	32%
Southwest Details →	LAS 15:00 → DEN 18:00WN 1382	1h 22m Denver	DEN 19:22 → DSM 22:10WN 2940	5h 07m	58%	7%

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

DEN · 1h 18m · leaves 05:30 1%

LAX · 1h 16m · leaves 10:04 3%

PHX · 46m · leaves 06:44 17%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 08m · leaves 13:56 26%

ORD · 1h 02m · leaves 14:25 30%

PHX · 1h 02m · leaves 16:34 42%

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