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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 6% of the time at 9 am and barely half the time at 5 pm.

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 3 h behind New York). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
DeltaDetails → LGA 06:59 → ATL 09:20DL 342 2h 10m Atlanta ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326 9h 09m 99% 88%
AmericanDetails → LGA 06:00 → CLT 07:58AA 3084 3h 58m Charlotte CLT 11:56 → LAX 13:55AA 1213 10h 55m 99% 87%
AmericanDetails → LGA 11:00 → TUL 13:28AA 4619 · flown by Republic 1h 53m Tulsa TUL 15:21 → LAX 16:55AA 6366 · flown by SkyWest 8h 55m 93% 86%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → LGA 07:45 → DEN 09:55DL 751 3h 31m Denver DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774 10h 12m 99% 86%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails → LGA 06:55 → DEN 09:05WN 2454 3h 27m Denver DEN 12:32 → LAX 14:09F9 2341 10h 14m 97% 86%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → LGA 10:25 → CLE 12:14DL 5045 · flown by Endeavor 3h 28m Cleveland CLE 15:42 → LAX 17:38UA 679 10h 13m 96% 84%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → LGA 06:00 → BOS 07:20AA 4377 · flown by Republic 3h 35m Boston BOS 10:55 → LAX 14:07DL 2004 11h 07m 98% 84%
UnitedDetails → LGA 07:29 → IAH 10:13UA 1957 2h 20m Houston IAH 12:33 → LAX 14:06UA 2460 9h 37m 97% 84%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → LGA 08:05 → ORD 09:44UA 623 46m Chicago ORD 10:30 → LAX 13:09UA 1044 8h 04m 64% 50%
AmericanDetails → LGA 14:11 → ORD 16:00AA 1705 1h 10m Chicago ORD 17:10 → LAX 19:33AA 1437 8h 22m 72% 36%
AmericanDetails → LGA 16:00 → ORD 18:08AA 396 1h 00m Chicago ORD 19:08 → LAX 21:33AA 2364 8h 33m 64% 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
MDW · 1h 20m · leaves 07:25 2%
CLT · 59m · leaves 06:00 4%
IAH · 1h 09m · leaves 06:00 6%
Afternoon and evening
DAL · 54m · leaves 16:32 48%
ORD · 50m · leaves 15:25 51%
STL · 50m · leaves 18:30 72%

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