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 6 am and 43% of the time at 11 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	LAX	DFW	3h 13m	85%	1.6%	740	Flying now
Frontier	LAX	DFW	3h 17m	74%	1.7%	478	Flying now
American	LAX	DFW	3h 10m	74%	2.5%	4,568	Flying now
Spirit	LAX	DFW	3h 04m	74%	3.6%	439	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 2 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 → DFW 12:48UA 355	5h 48m	100%	94%
American Details →	LAX 06:19 → PHX 07:51AA 2027	2h 40m Phoenix	PHX 10:31 → DFW 15:10AA 3284	6h 51m	97%	83%
United Details →	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491	1h 11m Houston	IAH 07:23 → DFW 08:50UA 358	5h 59m	95%	81%
Delta Details →	LAX 05:35 → SLC 08:30DL 2906	1h 20m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:50 → DFW 13:33DL 2800	5h 58m	97%	81%
American Details →	LAX 23:59 → BNA 06:08AA 2149	1h 53m Nashville	BNA 08:01 → DFW 10:17 +1AA 1515	8h 18m	99%	81%
United Details →	LAX 06:00 → SFO 07:35UA 2647	58m San Francisco	SFO 08:33 → DFW 14:25UA 1062	6h 25m	93%	79%
Alaska Details →	LAX 07:00 → PDX 09:21AS 668	1h 24m Portland	PDX 10:45 → DFW 16:42AS 392	7h 42m	98%	79%
American Details →	LAX 08:28 → ABQ 11:30AA 4887 · flown by SkyWest	1h 55m Albuquerque	ABQ 13:25 → DFW 16:20AA 3374 · flown by Envoy	5h 52m	97%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LAX 07:30 → SFO 09:06UA 1372	1h 19m San Francisco	SFO 10:25 → DFW 16:08UA 2842	6h 38m	71%	43%
American Details →	LAX 09:31 → ORD 15:59AA 2608	52m Chicago	ORD 16:51 → DFW 19:28AA 2988	7h 57m	66%	29%
American Details →	LAX 13:25 → ORD 19:59AA 3134	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 20:59 → DFW 23:32AA 2600	8h 07m	58%	26%

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 · 53m · leaves 05:10 3%

SLC · 1h 20m · leaves 05:35 3%

IAH · 1h 11m · leaves 00:51 5%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 50m · leaves 16:39 41%

ORD · 1h 00m · leaves 13:25 42%

SFO · 57m · leaves 21:34 43%

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 2719 PHX 08:30 → DFW Connection details →	2h 00m	6h 00m	100%	86%
Southwest WN 2379 LAX 06:30 → AUS American AA 4095 AUS 13:56 → DFW Connection details →	2h 31m	6h 40m	98%	86%
Southwest WN 2403 LAX 05:35 → LAS American AA 1584 LAS 10:11 → DFW Connection details →	3h 21m	7h 33m	100%	84%

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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