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 11 am and 38% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


American	LAX	SAT	2h 58m	87%	0.3%	697	Flying now
Delta	LAX	SAT	2h 56m	85%	0.3%	682	Flying now
Southwest	LAX	SAT	2h 45m	68%	0.0%	337	Flying now
Spirit	LAX	SAT	2h 54m	82%	3.1%	130	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach San Antonio on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (San Antonio is 2 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	LAX 05:05 → PHX 06:30WN 116	1h 25m Phoenix	PHX 07:55 → SAT 12:05WN 4081	5h 00m	100%	96%
United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	1h 13m Denver	DEN 09:35 → SAT 12:43UA 2625	5h 43m	99%	91%
United Details →	LAX 07:00 → DEN 10:29UA 703	3h 15m Denver	DEN 13:44 → SAT 16:55UA 1022	7h 55m	99%	89%
United Details →	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491	3h 27m Houston	IAH 09:39 → SAT 10:46UA 6201 · flown by Mesa	7h 55m	100%	88%
Southwest Details →	LAX 23:00 → BNA 05:00WN 2382	3h 00m Nashville	BNA 08:00 → SAT 10:20 +1WN 663	9h 20m	100%	88%
Southwest Details →	LAX 05:35 → LAS 06:50WN 2403	3h 30m Las Vegas	LAS 10:20 → SAT 15:00WN 2333	7h 25m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	LAX 22:05 → MCO 06:00WN 2409	1h 20m Orlando	MCO 07:20 → SAT 09:05 +1WN 4310	9h 00m	86%	84%
Delta Details →	LAX 07:15 → SLC 10:10DL 1318	3h 15m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:25 → SAT 17:13DL 2680	7h 58m	99%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LAX 12:50 → ORD 19:05UA 457	53m Chicago	ORD 19:58 → SAT 22:57UA 1394	8h 07m	60%	33%
American Details →	LAX 13:25 → ORD 19:59AA 3134	1h 09m Chicago	ORD 21:08 → SAT 23:59AA 431	8h 34m	61%	27%
Southwest Details →	LAX 14:45 → DEN 18:05WN 2392	1h 45m Denver	DEN 19:50 → SAT 23:08WN 2073	6h 25m	72%	24%

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 · 56m · leaves 05:45 5%

PHX · 1h 02m · leaves 10:00 9%

MCO · 1h 20m · leaves 22:05 14%

Afternoon and evening

SFO · 55m · leaves 16:14 38%

ORD · 53m · leaves 12:50 40%

LAS · 1h 10m · leaves 17:00 48%

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 3156 LAX 06:30 → DEN United UA 1022 DEN 13:44 → SAT Connection details →	3h 41m	8h 25m	99%	89%
Southwest WN 991 LAX 11:10 → LAS Frontier F9 3418 LAS 15:24 → SAT Connection details →	2h 59m	7h 05m	100%	84%
American AA 2149 LAX 23:59 → BNA Southwest WN 663 BNA 08:00 → SAT Connection details →	1h 52m	8h 21m	94%	82%

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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