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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 4% of the time at 9 am and 31% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Alaska LAX ANC 5h 24m 87% 0.0% 384 Flying now
Delta LAX ANC – 100%few flights 0.0% 5 Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Anchorage on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Anchorage is 1 h behind Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → LAX 13:25 → SFO 14:53UA 372 3h 54m San Francisco SFO 18:47 → ANC 22:46UA 1594 10h 21m 100% 89%
American + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → LAX 12:31 → PDX 14:59AA 6189 · flown by SkyWest 2h 51m Portland PDX 17:50 → ANC 20:38AS 271 9h 07m 96% 87%
UnitedDetails → LAX 07:05 → IAH 12:34UA 1397 1h 46m Houston IAH 14:20 → ANC 18:41UA 2369 12h 36m 99% 86%
AlaskaDetails → LAX 18:09 → SEA 20:56AS 1301 3h 03m Seattle SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363 9h 31m 100% 86%
UnitedDetails → LAX 00:13 → ORD 06:32UA 729 2h 32m Chicago ORD 09:04 → ANC 12:56UA 840 13h 43m 99% 85%
Frontier + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → LAX 09:18 → PDX 11:41F9 4499 2h 49m Portland PDX 14:30 → ANC 17:16AS 1565 8h 58m 100% 85%
AlaskaDetails → LAX 09:00 → SEA 11:52AS 482 2h 55m Seattle SEA 14:47 → ANC 17:26AS 660 9h 26m 98% 81%
UnitedDetails → LAX 08:47 → DEN 12:13UA 1912 3h 22m Denver DEN 15:35 → ANC 19:12UA 1592 11h 25m 99% 81%
Tight connection: often missed
DeltaDetails → LAX 17:45 → SEA 20:34DL 2640 46m Seattle SEA 21:20 → ANC 23:56DL 936 7h 11m 72% 52%
DeltaDetails → LAX 07:05 → ATL 14:30DL 515 50m Atlanta ATL 15:20 → ANC 18:45DL 416 12h 40m 72% 47%
AmericanDetails → LAX 16:39 → PHX 18:10AA 2032 1h 08m Phoenix PHX 19:18 → ANC 23:59AA 1981 8h 20m 69% 41%

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
PDX · 1h 09m · leaves 07:00 4%
SEA · 1h 10m · leaves 07:00 6%
DEN · 51m · leaves 07:00 15%
Afternoon and evening
SFO · 1h 05m · leaves 16:14 26%
SEA · 1h 01m · leaves 19:09 28%
PHX · 1h 08m · leaves 16:39 31%

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