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

Take the nonstop: Southwest LGB → AUS (2h 50m) reaches Austin on time 83% of the time; the most reliable connection, Delta via Salt Lake City (5h 50m), 73%.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	LGB	AUS	2h 50m	83%	0.0%	428	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	LGB 07:55 → DEN 11:10WN 4574	2h 34m Denver	DEN 13:44 → AUS 16:58UA 2270	7h 03m	100%	83%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	LGB 09:45 → DEN 13:00WN 4238	2h 50m Denver	DEN 15:50 → AUS 19:27F9 1816	7h 21m	98%	78%
Delta Details →	LGB 13:00 → SLC 15:51DL 1116	1h 54m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:45 → AUS 21:32DL 2728	6h 32m	96%	77%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	LGB 10:30 → BNA 16:30WN 165	2h 18m Nashville	BNA 18:48 → AUS 21:16DL 3945 · flown by SkyWest	8h 49m	100%	75%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	LGB 08:00 → SLC 10:45WN 2501	3h 23m Salt Lake City	SLC 14:08 → AUS 17:57DL 2581	8h 01m	100%	73%
Delta Details →	LGB 07:00 → SLC 09:53DL 3135	52m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:45 → AUS 14:50DL 3955 · flown by SkyWest	5h 50m	95%	73%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	LGB 10:05 → PHX 11:25WN 2492	4h 00m Phoenix	PHX 15:25 → AUS 19:43AA 2892	7h 38m	100%	70%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	LGB 13:25 → LAS 14:35WN 2334	2h 40m Las Vegas	LAS 17:15 → AUS 21:59DL 2260	6h 34m	98%	68%

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

SLC · 52m · leaves 07:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

LAS · 1h 00m · leaves 18:15 12%

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