Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 9 in 10 on time.

Nonstops


Delta	LAX	RNO	1h 37m	92%	0.3%	1,250	Flying now
United	LAX	RNO	1h 34m	91%	0.4%	855	Flying now
Southwest	LAX	RNO	1h 25m	73%	1.2%	326	Flying now
Alaska	LAX	RNO	1h 35m	84%	1.4%	281	Not flying now
American	LAX	RNO	1h 31m	89%few flights	0.0%	27	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Reno on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	LAX 05:05 → PHX 06:30WN 116	1h 20m Phoenix	PHX 07:50 → RNO 09:40WN 146	4h 35m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	LAX 09:55 → SLC 12:50DL 1434	3h 30m Salt Lake City	SLC 16:20 → RNO 16:59DL 3732 · flown by SkyWest	7h 04m	99%	88%
Southwest Details →	LAX 06:40 → SJC 07:50WN 2430	1h 10m San Jose	SJC 09:00 → RNO 10:05WN 4133	3h 25m	94%	88%
Delta Details →	LAX 05:35 → SLC 08:30DL 2906	3h 10m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:40 → RNO 12:09DL 1595	6h 34m	99%	87%
Southwest Details →	LAX 05:35 → LAS 06:50WN 2403	2h 22m Las Vegas	LAS 09:12 → RNO 10:38WN 3179	4h 57m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	LAX 17:05 → SLC 19:59DL 2311	3h 21m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:20 → RNO 23:47DL 1607	6h 44m	99%	83%
Alaska Details →	LAX 11:23 → PDX 13:44AS 1355	1h 17m Portland	PDX 15:01 → RNO 16:30AS 2206 · flown by Horizon	5h 07m	93%	83%
United Details →	LAX 10:55 → DEN 14:27UA 2061	1h 43m Denver	DEN 16:10 → RNO 17:36UA 1604	6h 41m	98%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	LAX 16:20 → DEN 19:40WN 278	1h 28m Denver	DEN 21:08 → RNO 22:32WN 1696	6h 13m	51%	24%
United Details →	LAX 18:45 → SFO 20:10UA 2681	1h 00m San Francisco	SFO 21:10 → RNO 22:29UA 5983 · flown by SkyWest	3h 44m	38%	23%
United Details →	LAX 20:10 → SFO 21:38UA 1195	1h 07m San Francisco	SFO 22:45 → RNO 23:58UA 1757	3h 48m	36%	22%

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

DEN · 51m · leaves 07:00 15%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 16:10 12%

SFO · 1h 07m · leaves 20:10 64%

LAS · 55m · leaves 17:00 73%

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.


Frontier F9 4499 LAX 09:18 → PDX Alaska AS 2206 PDX 15:01 → RNO Connection details →	3h 20m	7h 12m	100%	90%
Southwest WN 4322 LAX 10:15 → SLC Delta DL 3732 SLC 16:20 → RNO Connection details →	3h 20m	6h 44m	100%	90%
United UA 5450 LAX 13:05 → PHX American AA 4053 PHX 16:37 → RNO Connection details →	1h 55m	5h 26m	97%	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