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 5% of the time at 12 pm and 1 time in 3 at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	LAX	PIT	4h 51m	94%	0.0%	125	Flying now
American	LAX	PIT	4h 47m	80%	0.3%	300	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Pittsburgh on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Pittsburgh is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	LAX 23:55 → MDW 05:55WN 2413	1h 50m Chicago	MDW 07:45 → PIT 10:15 +1WN 846	7h 20m	98%	93%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51UA 353	3h 34m Chicago	ORD 08:25 → PIT 11:10 +1AA 4478 · flown by Republic	9h 35m	99%	91%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	LAX 23:30 → ORD 05:46UA 1962	3h 59m Chicago	ORD 09:45 → PIT 12:32 +1AA 4484 · flown by Republic	10h 02m	100%	90%
Southwest Details →	LAX 22:05 → MCO 06:00WN 2409	1h 30m Orlando	MCO 07:30 → PIT 09:50 +1WN 4309	8h 45m	95%	89%
American Details →	LAX 21:41 → CLT 05:24AA 2199	2h 41m Charlotte	CLT 08:05 → PIT 09:30 +1AA 2310	8h 49m	99%	89%
Delta Details →	LAX 22:45 → ATL 06:07DL 899	2h 56m Atlanta	ATL 09:03 → PIT 10:45 +1DL 1363	8h 59m	98%	88%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	LAX 23:59 → BOS 08:40UA 2210	3h 05m Boston	BOS 11:45 → PIT 13:40 +1DL 5731 · flown by Republic	10h 41m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	LAX 22:20 → DTW 05:43DL 407	2h 47m Detroit	DTW 08:30 → PIT 09:47 +1DL 5606 · flown by Republic	8h 28m	98%	88%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LAX 12:15 → EWR 20:49UA 2227	1h 01m Newark	EWR 21:50 → PIT 23:23UA 3477 · flown by Republic	8h 08m	75%	53%
American Details →	LAX 08:47 → RDU 16:46AA 2396	2h 14m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 19:00 → PIT 20:28AA 4493 · flown by Republic	8h 41m	75%	51%
American Details →	LAX 13:25 → ORD 19:59AA 3134	1h 11m Chicago	ORD 21:10 → PIT 23:52AA 4539 · flown by Republic	7h 29m	61%	46%

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

ORD · 1h 13m · leaves 05:10 2%

MSP · 1h 08m · leaves 06:25 5%

JFK · 1h 20m · leaves 23:55 7%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 11m · leaves 13:25 39%

SFO · 1h 07m · leaves 18:45 52%

DFW · 55m · leaves 13:53 56%

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