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 45-minute layover misses 1 time in 5 at 8 am and 44% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	LAX	CLE	4h 33m	93%	0.2%	644	Flying now
American	LAX	CLE	4h 53m	87%	0.9%	115	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	1h 18m Denver	DEN 09:40 → CLE 14:36UA 619	6h 36m	100%	97%
United Details →	LAX 23:30 → ORD 05:46UA 1962	3h 19m Chicago	ORD 09:05 → CLE 11:41 +1UA 3422 · flown by Republic	9h 11m	100%	95%
United Details →	LAX 06:00 → SFO 07:35UA 2647	3h 05m San Francisco	SFO 10:40 → CLE 18:29UA 717	9h 29m	99%	91%
Southwest Details →	LAX 23:55 → MDW 05:55WN 2413	2h 00m Chicago	MDW 07:55 → CLE 10:10 +1WN 4088	7h 15m	98%	90%
United Details →	LAX 07:00 → DEN 10:29UA 703	3h 26m Denver	DEN 13:55 → CLE 18:53UA 2476	8h 53m	99%	89%
Delta Details →	LAX 21:00 → BOS 05:28DL 507	2h 57m Boston	BOS 08:25 → CLE 10:35 +1DL 5674 · flown by Republic	10h 36m	98%	89%
Delta Details →	LAX 21:45 → ATL 05:01DL 783	2h 24m Atlanta	ATL 07:25 → CLE 09:10 +1DL 1500	8h 25m	98%	88%
United Details →	LAX 21:30 → IAD 05:36UA 2632	2h 44m Dulles	IAD 08:20 → CLE 09:41 +1UA 1926	9h 11m	98%	88%
Tight connection: often missed
Frontier Details →	LAX 12:08 → LAS 13:30F9 3292	48m Las Vegas	LAS 14:18 → CLE 21:39F9 3232	6h 29m	67%	51%
United Details →	LAX 10:45 → ORD 17:04UA 2113	46m Chicago	ORD 17:50 → CLE 20:18UA 2652	6h 33m	56%	32%
American Details →	LAX 11:40 → ORD 18:12AA 1050	1h 17m Chicago	ORD 19:29 → CLE 21:55AA 1934	7h 20m	75%	30%

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

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 05:10 5%

IAH · 1h 08m · leaves 00:51 6%

ATL · 1h 18m · leaves 22:45 10%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 55m · leaves 13:58 32%

EWR · 51m · leaves 10:20 37%

ORD · 49m · leaves 10:21 65%

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.


Alaska AS 1625 LAX 06:00 → SFO United UA 717 SFO 10:40 → CLE Connection details →	3h 18m	9h 29m	97%	90%
American AA 4957 LAX 07:42 → DEN United UA 2476 DEN 13:55 → CLE Connection details →	2h 41m	8h 11m	100%	90%
JetBlue B6 700 LAX 23:35 → FLL United UA 2067 FLL 11:20 → CLE Connection details →	3h 28m	11h 30m	98%	89%

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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