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 time in 10 at 10 am and barely half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	LAS	SNA	1h 18m	88%	0.5%	734	Flying now
Frontier	LAS	SNA	1h 17m	83%	0.4%	227	Flying now
Southwest	LAS	SNA	1h 10m	79%	0.4%	2,510	Flying now
Spirit	LAS	SNA	1h 11m	89%	1.6%	679	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	LAS 06:10 → SMF 07:45WN 4589	1h 15m Sacramento	SMF 09:00 → SNA 10:30WN 3329	4h 20m	98%	94%
Southwest Details →	LAS 05:40 → SJC 07:00WN 2346	1h 12m San Jose	SJC 08:12 → SNA 09:38WN 3708	3h 57m	100%	94%
Southwest Details →	LAS 15:50 → SMF 17:25WN 1308	3h 20m Sacramento	SMF 20:45 → SNA 22:15WN 3837	6h 27m	100%	93%
Southwest Details →	LAS 07:10 → SJC 08:40WN 1160	50m San Jose	SJC 09:30 → SNA 10:55WN 3626	3h 45m	96%	89%
Southwest Details →	LAS 13:30 → OAK 15:10WN 4488	3h 25m Oakland	OAK 18:35 → SNA 20:05WN 3089	6h 35m	100%	88%
Alaska Details →	LAS 11:00 → PDX 13:20AS 1467	1h 28m Portland	PDX 14:48 → SNA 17:19AS 264	6h 19m	97%	88%
United Details →	LAS 05:30 → DEN 08:32UA 596	2h 48m Denver	DEN 11:20 → SNA 12:51UA 1320	7h 21m	100%	88%
Alaska Details →	LAS 07:00 → PDX 09:17AS 1629	1h 21m Portland	PDX 10:38 → SNA 13:15AS 588	6h 15m	98%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	LAS 15:12 → SEA 17:57AS 698	1h 13m Seattle	SEA 19:10 → SNA 22:01AS 631	6h 49m	74%	59%
United Details →	LAS 13:34 → SFO 15:16UA 1799	1h 14m San Francisco	SFO 16:30 → SNA 18:22UA 5650 · flown by SkyWest	4h 48m	69%	48%
Southwest Details →	LAS 16:05 → SJC 17:40WN 2350	50m San Jose	SJC 18:30 → SNA 19:55WN 3714	3h 50m	46%	37%

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

SJC · 1h 12m · leaves 05:40 0%

DEN · 1h 08m · leaves 06:30 0%

SMF · 1h 15m · leaves 06:10 2%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 52m · leaves 15:23 45%

SFO · 50m · leaves 14:34 54%

SJC · 50m · leaves 16:05 54%

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 2966 LAS 06:30 → DEN United UA 1320 DEN 11:20 → SNA Connection details →	2h 00m	6h 21m	100%	88%
Southwest WN 209 LAS 07:55 → PHX Frontier F9 4957 PHX 12:20 → SNA Connection details →	3h 05m	5h 47m	100%	79%
American AA 1808 LAS 06:44 → PHX Southwest WN 3001 PHX 09:55 → SNA Connection details →	1h 57m	4h 31m	93%	79%

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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