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

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	LAX	RDU	4h 51m	84%	0.8%	367	Flying now
American	LAX	RDU	4h 54m	74%	0.5%	423	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	LAX 21:50 → BWI 05:45WN 2385	2h 25m Baltimore	BWI 08:10 → RDU 09:30 +1WN 1067	8h 40m	100%	100%
Southwest Details →	LAX 22:05 → MCO 06:00WN 2409	2h 20m Orlando	MCO 08:20 → RDU 10:05 +1WN 684	9h 00m	100%	95%
Delta Details →	LAX 21:45 → ATL 05:01DL 783	3h 42m Atlanta	ATL 08:43 → RDU 10:10 +1DL 1699	9h 25m	99%	91%
Delta Details →	LAX 23:58 → ATL 07:25DL 320	3h 49m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → RDU 12:44 +1DL 1488	9h 46m	100%	89%
United Details →	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491	2h 03m Houston	IAH 08:15 → RDU 12:02UA 6148 · flown by Mesa	8h 11m	100%	89%
United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	1h 27m Denver	DEN 09:49 → RDU 15:16UA 2269	7h 16m	100%	89%
American Details →	LAX 21:41 → CLT 05:24AA 2199	1h 42m Charlotte	CLT 07:06 → RDU 08:04 +1AA 2362	7h 23m	95%	88%
American Details →	LAX 20:52 → MIA 05:01AA 2942	3h 04m Miami	MIA 08:05 → RDU 10:20 +1AA 2405	10h 28m	97%	88%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	LAX 11:05 → ATL 18:32DL 528	46m Atlanta	ATL 19:18 → RDU 20:47DL 1518	6h 42m	67%	49%
American Details →	LAX 13:25 → ORD 19:59AA 3134	57m Chicago	ORD 20:56 → RDU 23:59AA 2167	7h 34m	57%	31%
Southwest Details →	LAX 14:45 → DEN 18:05WN 2392	1h 15m Denver	DEN 19:20 → RDU 00:40 +1WN 1692	6h 55m	54%	12%

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

PHX · 1h 06m · leaves 06:19 5%

IAH · 51m · leaves 05:45 6%

ORD · 1h 09m · leaves 23:30 7%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 47m · leaves 11:40 48%

DFW · 50m · leaves 13:53 60%

SFO · 1h 00m · leaves 18:45 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.


American AA 1118 LAX 21:55 → MCO Southwest WN 684 MCO 08:20 → RDU Connection details →	2h 24m	9h 10m	94%	89%
United UA 1962 LAX 23:30 → ORD American AA 4756 ORD 09:29 → RDU Connection details →	3h 43m	10h 18m	100%	89%
United UA 353 LAX 22:35 → ORD American AA 4354 ORD 08:18 → RDU Connection details →	3h 27m	10h 01m	99%	88%

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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