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

No nonstop, and no clear pattern: the best connection reaches Burbank on time 88% of the time.

Best connections, any airlines

Ranked by chance you reach Burbank on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Burbank is 3 h behind New York). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	LGA 06:00 → MDW 07:20WN 2464	2h 45m Chicago	MDW 10:05 → BUR 12:25WN 2741	9h 25m	100%	88%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	LGA 06:55 → DEN 09:05WN 2454	2h 10m Denver	DEN 11:15 → BUR 12:48UA 2154	8h 53m	91%	76%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:59 → ATL 09:20DL 342	1h 58m Atlanta	ATL 11:18 → BUR 12:57DL 483	8h 58m	99%	71%
Southwest Details →	LGA 06:05 → DAL 08:35WN 2341	3h 20m Dallas	DAL 11:55 → BUR 13:05WN 4076	10h 00m	100%	68%
American Details →	LGA 06:30 → DFW 09:30AA 1597	1h 26m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:56 → BUR 12:05AA 1617	8h 35m	93%	62%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	LGA 13:55 → DEN 16:19DL 716	2h 54m Denver	DEN 19:13 → BUR 20:43UA 2411	9h 48m	92%	60%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	LGA 07:45 → DEN 09:55DL 751	1h 50m Denver	DEN 11:45 → BUR 13:20WN 579	8h 35m	89%	59%
American Details →	LGA 14:00 → DFW 17:05AA 1056	3h 41m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:46 → BUR 21:58AA 2597	10h 58m	96%	56%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	LGA 16:50 → DEN 19:30WN 2456	55m Denver	DEN 20:25 → BUR 21:50WN 1497	8h 00m	39%	16%

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

MDW · 1h 15m · leaves 07:25 2%

ATL · 49m · leaves 08:00 15%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 55m · leaves 16:50 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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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