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)


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, one ticket

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.


United Details →	LAX 13:25 → SFO 14:53UA 372	3h 54m San Francisco	SFO 18:47 → ANC 22:46UA 1594	10h 21m	100%	89%
United Details →	LAX 07:05 → IAH 12:34UA 1397	1h 46m Houston	IAH 14:20 → ANC 18:41UA 2369	12h 36m	99%	86%
Alaska Details →	LAX 18:09 → SEA 20:56AS 1301	3h 03m Seattle	SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363	9h 31m	100%	86%
United Details →	LAX 00:13 → ORD 06:32UA 729	2h 32m Chicago	ORD 09:04 → ANC 12:56UA 840	13h 43m	99%	85%
Alaska Details →	LAX 14:27 → PDX 16:47AS 1315	1h 03m Portland	PDX 17:50 → ANC 20:38AS 271	7h 11m	93%	83%
Alaska Details →	LAX 09:00 → SEA 11:52AS 482	2h 55m Seattle	SEA 14:47 → ANC 17:26AS 660	9h 26m	98%	81%
United Details →	LAX 08:47 → DEN 12:13UA 1912	3h 22m Denver	DEN 15:35 → ANC 19:12UA 1592	11h 25m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	LAX 00:30 → MSP 06:10DL 2084	2h 40m Minneapolis	MSP 08:50 → ANC 11:25DL 555	11h 55m	98%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	LAX 17:45 → SEA 20:34DL 2640	46m Seattle	SEA 21:20 → ANC 23:56DL 936	7h 11m	72%	52%
Delta Details →	LAX 07:05 → ATL 14:30DL 515	50m Atlanta	ATL 15:20 → ANC 18:45DL 416	12h 40m	72%	47%
American Details →	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.


American AA 6189 LAX 12:31 → PDX Alaska AS 271 PDX 17:50 → ANC Connection details →	2h 51m	9h 07m	96%	87%
Alaska AS 1522 LAX 13:28 → SFO United UA 1594 SFO 18:47 → ANC Connection details →	3h 56m	10h 18m	96%	85%
Frontier F9 4499 LAX 09:18 → PDX Alaska AS 1565 PDX 14:30 → ANC Connection details →	2h 49m	8h 58m	100%	85%

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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