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 75-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 6 am and 1 time in 3 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


American	LAX	PHL	5h 15m	81%	1.5%	2,332	Flying now
Frontier	LAX	PHL	5h 24m	58%	0.0%	66	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	LAX 23:55 → MDW 05:55WN 2413	3h 05m Chicago	MDW 09:00 → PHL 11:55 +1WN 4901	9h 00m	100%	94%
American Details →	LAX 21:55 → MCO 05:56AA 1118	2h 44m Orlando	MCO 08:40 → PHL 11:16 +1AA 629	10h 21m	98%	90%
United Details →	LAX 06:00 → SFO 07:35UA 2647	1h 03m San Francisco	SFO 08:38 → PHL 17:17UA 2431	8h 17m	95%	89%
American Details →	LAX 20:52 → MIA 05:01AA 2942	2h 44m Miami	MIA 07:45 → PHL 10:43 +1AA 2328	10h 51m	97%	88%
United Details →	LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51UA 353	2h 24m Chicago	ORD 07:15 → PHL 10:30 +1UA 2038	8h 55m	98%	88%
United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	1h 13m Denver	DEN 09:35 → PHL 15:12UA 1575	7h 12m	99%	87%
American Details →	LAX 00:31 → DFW 05:41AA 971	2h 59m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:40 → PHL 13:02AA 2128	9h 31m	100%	87%
American Details →	LAX 23:59 → BNA 06:08AA 2149	2h 49m Nashville	BNA 08:57 → PHL 12:06 +1AA 5576 · flown by PSA	9h 07m	99%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LAX 10:45 → ORD 17:04UA 2113	55m Chicago	ORD 17:59 → PHL 21:19UA 1776	7h 34m	69%	41%
Delta Details →	LAX 08:10 → ATL 15:41DL 782	49m Atlanta	ATL 16:30 → PHL 18:37DL 1329	7h 27m	66%	38%
American Details →	LAX 13:25 → ORD 19:59AA 3134	1h 43m Chicago	ORD 21:42 → PHL 00:55 +1AA 490	8h 31m	72%	35%

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

IAH · 1h 19m · leaves 00:51 3%

SFO · 1h 03m · leaves 06:00 5%

PHX · 1h 03m · leaves 06:19 5%

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 50m · leaves 18:48 46%

DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 13:53 49%

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 2409 LAX 22:05 → MCO American AA 629 MCO 08:40 → PHL Connection details →	2h 40m	10h 11m	100%	91%
Southwest WN 2382 LAX 23:00 → BNA American AA 5576 BNA 08:57 → PHL Connection details →	3h 57m	10h 06m	100%	87%
Delta DL 477 LAX 22:45 → FLL American AA 1850 FLL 10:40 → PHL Connection details →	3h 54m	11h 45m	99%	86%

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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