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 43% of the time at 11 pm.

Nonstops


United	LAX	AUS	3h 03m	87%	0.3%	733	Flying now
Delta	LAX	AUS	3h 04m	82%	1.2%	1,287	Flying now
American	LAX	AUS	3h 06m	78%	0.5%	1,013	Flying now
Southwest	LAX	AUS	2h 50m	69%	0.5%	1,029	Flying now
Spirit	LAX	AUS	2h 52m	73%few flights	0.0%	15	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Austin on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Austin is 2 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	LAX 22:05 → MCO 06:00WN 2409	1h 50m Orlando	MCO 07:50 → AUS 09:30 +1WN 1435	9h 25m	100%	96%
United Details →	LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51UA 353	2h 09m Chicago	ORD 07:00 → AUS 09:56 +1UA 1336	9h 21m	98%	89%
United Details →	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491	1h 23m Houston	IAH 07:35 → AUS 08:39UA 2016	5h 48m	97%	88%
Delta Details →	LAX 22:55 → CVG 06:07DL 458	2h 03m Hebron	CVG 08:10 → AUS 09:50 +1DL 5005 · flown by Endeavor	8h 55m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	LAX 22:45 → ATL 06:07DL 899	2h 03m Atlanta	ATL 08:10 → AUS 09:30 +1DL 2976	8h 45m	95%	86%
Southwest Details →	LAX 05:05 → PHX 06:30WN 116	1h 40m Phoenix	PHX 08:10 → AUS 12:25WN 4744	5h 25m	100%	84%
American Details →	LAX 23:48 → DFW 05:01AA 3136	1h 59m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 07:00 → AUS 08:04 +1AA 3401 · flown by Envoy	6h 16m	94%	84%
United Details →	LAX 18:45 → SFO 20:10UA 2681	3h 49m San Francisco	SFO 23:59 → AUS 05:46 +1UA 1807	9h 01m	99%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	LAX 13:53 → DFW 19:14AA 2041	1h 19m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:33 → AUS 21:37AA 2707	5h 44m	64%	33%
American Details →	LAX 11:40 → ORD 18:12AA 1050	51m Chicago	ORD 19:03 → AUS 21:59AA 1715	8h 07m	55%	32%
American Details →	LAX 13:25 → ORD 19:59AA 3134	1h 17m Chicago	ORD 21:16 → AUS 23:59AA 935	8h 34m	63%	27%

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

SFO · 1h 15m · leaves 06:00 3%

PDX · 1h 09m · leaves 07:00 4%

ORD · 1h 14m · leaves 23:30 5%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 51m · leaves 11:40 45%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 14:45 61%

LAS · 50m · leaves 18:20 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.


Southwest WN 116 LAX 05:05 → PHX American AA 1394 PHX 08:44 → AUS Connection details →	2h 14m	6h 07m	100%	86%
Delta DL 2725 LAX 12:00 → SFO United UA 2332 SFO 17:21 → AUS Connection details →	3h 55m	9h 04m	100%	85%
American AA 1118 LAX 21:55 → MCO Southwest WN 1435 MCO 07:50 → AUS Connection details →	1h 54m	9h 35m	86%	83%

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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