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, one ticket

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.


Delta Details →	LGA 06:59 → ATL 09:20DL 342	2h 10m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326	9h 09m	99%	88%
American Details →	LGA 06:00 → CLT 07:58AA 3084	3h 58m Charlotte	CLT 11:56 → LAX 13:55AA 1213	10h 55m	99%	87%
American Details →	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%
United Details →	LGA 10:00 → DEN 12:20UA 716	1h 06m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	7h 57m	95%	85%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:00 → BOS 07:15DL 5852 · flown by Republic	3h 40m Boston	BOS 10:55 → LAX 14:07DL 2004	11h 07m	100%	84%
United Details →	LGA 07:29 → IAH 10:13UA 1957	2h 20m Houston	IAH 12:33 → LAX 14:06UA 2460	9h 37m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	LGA 08:00 → ATL 10:29DL 364	2h 06m Atlanta	ATL 12:35 → LAX 14:15DL 895	9h 15m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:25 → MSP 08:14DL 2510	3h 26m Minneapolis	MSP 11:40 → LAX 13:34DL 2119	10h 09m	99%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LGA 08:05 → ORD 09:44UA 623	46m Chicago	ORD 10:30 → LAX 13:09UA 1044	8h 04m	64%	50%
American Details →	LGA 14:11 → ORD 16:00AA 1705	1h 10m Chicago	ORD 17:10 → LAX 19:33AA 1437	8h 22m	72%	36%
American Details →	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.


Delta DL 751 LGA 07:45 → DEN United UA 774 DEN 13:26 → LAX Connection details →	3h 31m	10h 12m	99%	86%
Southwest WN 2454 LGA 06:55 → DEN Frontier F9 2341 DEN 12:32 → LAX Connection details →	3h 27m	10h 14m	97%	86%
American AA 4628 LGA 06:09 → ATL Delta DL 326 ATL 11:30 → LAX Connection details →	2h 47m	9h 59m	98%	85%

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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