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 13% of the time at 9 am and almost half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (none in the current schedule)


Delta	LGA	BZN	5h 11m	71%few flights	6.7%	15	Not flying now
American	LGA	BZN	–	60%few flights	9.1%	11	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Bozeman on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Bozeman is 2 h behind New York). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	LGA 07:55 → MSP 09:48DL 2473	3h 29m Minneapolis	MSP 13:17 → BZN 14:48DL 2946	8h 55m	98%	84%
United Details →	LGA 10:00 → DEN 12:20UA 716	1h 24m Denver	DEN 13:44 → BZN 15:33UA 513	7h 33m	98%	82%
United Details →	LGA 08:05 → ORD 09:44UA 623	3h 01m Chicago	ORD 12:45 → BZN 15:13UA 623	9h 08m	97%	77%
United Details →	LGA 06:10 → ORD 07:49UA 2389	1h 21m Chicago	ORD 09:10 → BZN 11:44UA 224	7h 34m	96%	76%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 550	2h 54m Atlanta	ATL 11:09 → BZN 13:11DL 406	9h 13m	98%	76%
American Details →	LGA 06:00 → CLT 07:58AA 3084	1h 12m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → BZN 11:39AA 990	7h 39m	97%	71%
United Details →	LGA 07:40 → DEN 09:55UA 2154	1h 37m Denver	DEN 11:32 → BZN 13:20UA 1248	7h 40m	86%	70%
American Details →	LGA 06:30 → DFW 09:30AA 1597	3h 49m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 13:19 → BZN 15:22AA 1647	10h 52m	99%	70%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LGA 10:15 → ORD 11:57UA 1310	48m Chicago	ORD 12:45 → BZN 15:13UA 623	6h 58m	69%	55%
Southwest Details →	LGA 16:50 → DEN 19:30WN 2456	1h 40m Denver	DEN 21:10 → BZN 22:58WN 1505	8h 05m	67%	27%
United Details →	LGA 17:25 → ORD 19:12UA 602	1h 03m Chicago	ORD 20:15 → BZN 22:43UA 533	7h 18m	49%	26%

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

CLT · 1h 12m · leaves 06:00 3%

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 07:23 13%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 03m · leaves 17:25 47%

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.


Southwest WN 2454 LGA 06:55 → DEN United UA 1248 DEN 11:32 → BZN Connection details →	2h 27m	8h 25m	95%	80%
Delta DL 751 LGA 07:45 → DEN United UA 513 DEN 13:44 → BZN Connection details →	3h 49m	9h 48m	99%	80%
American AA 392 LGA 07:23 → ORD United UA 623 ORD 12:45 → BZN Connection details →	3h 36m	9h 50m	99%	79%

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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