Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 9 in 10 on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	LAX	BZN	2h 39m	90%	0.0%	414	Flying now
Delta	LAX	BZN	2h 40m	86%	0.0%	111	Flying now
American	LAX	BZN	2h 57m	88%few flights	0.0%	17	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Bozeman on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Bozeman is 1 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	LAX 07:15 → SLC 10:10DL 1318	3h 40m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:50 → BZN 15:15DL 3906 · flown by SkyWest	7h 00m	99%	88%
Alaska Details →	LAX 07:00 → PDX 09:21AS 668	1h 09m Portland	PDX 10:30 → BZN 13:10AS 2022 · flown by Horizon	5h 10m	96%	87%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	LAX 05:55 → DEN 09:20WN 2943	2h 12m Denver	DEN 11:32 → BZN 13:20UA 1248	6h 25m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	LAX 05:35 → SLC 08:30DL 2906	1h 25m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:55 → BZN 11:18DL 1971	4h 42m	97%	86%
Delta Details →	LAX 11:41 → SLC 14:30DL 1194	2h 50m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:20 → BZN 18:44DL 3676 · flown by SkyWest	6h 05m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	LAX 06:25 → MSP 11:59DL 792	1h 18m Minneapolis	MSP 13:17 → BZN 14:48DL 2946	7h 25m	97%	85%
Frontier + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	LAX 06:30 → DEN 10:03F9 3156	3h 41m Denver	DEN 13:44 → BZN 15:33UA 513	8h 03m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	LAX 17:05 → SLC 19:59DL 2311	3h 06m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:05 → BZN 00:23 +1DL 2046	6h 18m	98%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	LAX 12:15 → DFW 17:34AA 1230	1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:35 → BZN 20:43AA 1774	7h 28m	71%	37%
Southwest Details →	LAX 08:15 → DEN 11:30WN 2222	1h 00m Denver	DEN 12:30 → BZN 14:10WN 4219	4h 55m	73%	34%
Southwest Details →	LAX 16:20 → DEN 19:40WN 278	1h 30m Denver	DEN 21:10 → BZN 22:58WN 1505	5h 35m	52%	23%

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

MSP · 1h 18m · leaves 06:25 3%

PDX · 1h 09m · leaves 07:00 4%

PHX · 1h 04m · leaves 06:19 5%

Afternoon and evening

MSP · 1h 19m · leaves 15:25 9%

SLC · 1h 01m · leaves 19:15 14%

DFW · 1h 01m · leaves 12:15 29%

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