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 70-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 8 am and almost half the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	LAX	DTW	4h 24m	84%	0.8%	1,963	Flying now
Spirit	LAX	DTW	4h 24m	78%	2.3%	486	Not flying now
American	LAX	DTW	–	100%few flights	0.0%	2	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	LAX 16:14 → SFO 17:42UA 2019	3h 48m San Francisco	SFO 21:30 → DTW 05:20 +1UA 234	10h 06m	99%	99%
United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	1h 13m Denver	DEN 09:35 → DTW 14:27UA 1915	6h 27m	99%	95%
United Details →	LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51UA 353	2h 29m Chicago	ORD 07:20 → DTW 09:52 +1UA 1344	8h 17m	98%	93%
United Details →	LAX 21:00 → EWR 05:18UA 2397	2h 12m Newark	EWR 07:30 → DTW 09:31 +1UA 3672 · flown by Republic	9h 31m	96%	91%
Delta Details →	LAX 05:35 → SLC 08:30DL 2906	1h 15m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:45 → DTW 15:14DL 2236	6h 39m	97%	91%
United Details →	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491	3h 33m Houston	IAH 09:45 → DTW 13:42UA 4064 · flown by Mesa	9h 51m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	LAX 21:45 → ATL 05:01DL 783	2h 24m Atlanta	ATL 07:25 → DTW 09:20 +1DL 1646	8h 35m	98%	89%
Delta Details →	LAX 22:34 → TPA 06:16DL 910	2h 14m Tampa	TPA 08:30 → DTW 11:10 +1DL 808	9h 36m	98%	89%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	LAX 20:25 → SFO 21:49DL 2197	1h 06m San Francisco	SFO 22:55 → DTW 06:30 +1DL 335	7h 05m	50%	36%
JetBlue Details →	LAX 10:59 → BOS 19:42B6 1388	51m Boston	BOS 20:33 → DTW 22:45B6 1337	8h 46m	62%	33%
Southwest Details →	LAX 14:45 → DEN 18:05WN 2392	1h 00m Denver	DEN 19:05 → DTW 23:55WN 2193	6h 10m	39%	11%

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

SLC · 1h 15m · leaves 05:35 3%

SFO · 1h 00m · leaves 06:00 6%

MSP · 56m · leaves 06:25 8%

Afternoon and evening

BOS · 51m · leaves 10:59 38%

SFO · 1h 06m · leaves 20:25 50%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 14:45 61%

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 2403 LAX 05:35 → LAS Delta DL 470 LAS 09:59 → DTW Connection details →	3h 09m	8h 24m	100%	91%
Delta DL 1559 LAX 17:35 → SFO United UA 234 SFO 21:30 → DTW Connection details →	2h 35m	8h 45m	91%	91%
Southwest WN 2409 LAX 22:05 → MCO Delta DL 2845 MCO 09:00 → DTW Connection details →	3h 00m	10h 28m	100%	90%

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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