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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 5% of the time at 8 am and 43% of the time at 11 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Delta LAX RDU 4h 51m 84% 0.8% 367 Flying now
American LAX RDU 4h 54m 74% 0.5% 423 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Raleigh/Durham on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Raleigh/Durham is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
SouthwestDetails → LAX 21:50 → BWI 05:45WN 2385 2h 25m Baltimore BWI 08:10 → RDU 09:30 +1WN 1067 8h 40m 100% 100%
SouthwestDetails → LAX 22:05 → MCO 06:00WN 2409 2h 20m Orlando MCO 08:20 → RDU 10:05 +1WN 684 9h 00m 100% 95%
DeltaDetails → LAX 21:45 → ATL 05:01DL 783 3h 42m Atlanta ATL 08:43 → RDU 10:10 +1DL 1699 9h 25m 99% 91%
DeltaDetails → LAX 23:58 → ATL 07:25DL 320 3h 49m Atlanta ATL 11:14 → RDU 12:44 +1DL 1488 9h 46m 100% 89%
UnitedDetails → LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491 2h 03m Houston IAH 08:15 → RDU 12:02UA 6148 · flown by Mesa 8h 11m 100% 89%
UnitedDetails → LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010 1h 27m Denver DEN 09:49 → RDU 15:16UA 2269 7h 16m 100% 89%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails → LAX 23:30 → ORD 05:46UA 1962 3h 43m Chicago ORD 09:29 → RDU 12:48 +1AA 4756 · flown by Republic 10h 18m 100% 89%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails → LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51UA 353 3h 27m Chicago ORD 08:18 → RDU 11:38 +1AA 4354 · flown by Republic 10h 01m 99% 88%
Tight connection: often missed
DeltaDetails → LAX 11:05 → ATL 18:32DL 528 46m Atlanta ATL 19:18 → RDU 20:47DL 1518 6h 42m 67% 49%
AmericanDetails → LAX 13:25 → ORD 19:59AA 3134 57m Chicago ORD 20:56 → RDU 23:59AA 2167 7h 34m 57% 31%
SouthwestDetails → LAX 14:45 → DEN 18:05WN 2392 1h 15m Denver DEN 19:20 → RDU 00:40 +1WN 1692 6h 55m 54% 12%

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
PHX · 1h 06m · leaves 06:19 5%
IAH · 51m · leaves 05:45 6%
ORD · 1h 09m · leaves 23:30 7%
Afternoon and evening
ORD · 47m · leaves 11:40 48%
DFW · 50m · leaves 13:53 60%
SFO · 1h 00m · leaves 18:45 62%

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