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 3% of the time at 7 am and almost half the time at 3 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	LAS	SBA	1h 20m	79%	1.0%	885	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Santa Barbara on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	LAS 06:00 → SLC 08:20DL 2674	2h 30m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:50 → SBA 12:04DL 3841 · flown by SkyWest	6h 04m	99%	95%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	LAS 06:20 → PHX 07:35WN 2309	2h 29m Phoenix	PHX 10:04 → SBA 11:46AA 3784 · flown by Envoy	5h 26m	98%	94%
United Details →	LAS 06:00 → LAX 07:14UA 2039	1h 01m Los Angeles	LAX 08:15 → SBA 09:17UA 5460 · flown by SkyWest	3h 17m	97%	93%
United Details →	LAS 13:34 → SFO 15:16UA 1799	3h 00m San Francisco	SFO 18:16 → SBA 19:43UA 5962 · flown by SkyWest	6h 09m	97%	90%
Delta Details →	LAS 17:00 → SLC 19:25DL 1672	1h 40m Salt Lake City	SLC 21:05 → SBA 22:12DL 3803 · flown by SkyWest	5h 12m	93%	88%
Alaska Details →	LAS 07:00 → PDX 09:17AS 1629	1h 30m Portland	PDX 10:47 → SBA 13:05AS 2317 · flown by Horizon	6h 05m	98%	87%
Delta Details →	LAS 10:00 → SLC 12:27DL 1698	2h 33m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:00 → SBA 16:10DL 3853 · flown by SkyWest	6h 10m	98%	85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	LAS 18:30 → LAX 19:45WN 2255	2h 59m Los Angeles	LAX 22:44 → SBA 23:44UA 4796 · flown by SkyWest	5h 14m	97%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LAS 20:31 → LAX 21:55UA 2282	49m Los Angeles	LAX 22:44 → SBA 23:44UA 4796 · flown by SkyWest	3h 13m	67%	58%
United Details →	LAS 13:34 → SFO 15:16UA 1799	54m San Francisco	SFO 16:10 → SBA 17:37UA 5862 · flown by SkyWest	4h 03m	51%	33%
Alaska Details →	LAS 19:21 → SAN 20:39AS 2219 · flown by Horizon	1h 53m San Diego	SAN 22:32 → SBA 23:44AS 2175 · flown by Horizon	4h 23m	49%	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

LAX · 1h 01m · leaves 06:00 3%

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 1h 06m · leaves 12:16 16%

LAX · 49m · leaves 20:31 33%

SFO · 54m · leaves 13:34 49%

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