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

The best bet has a stop: Southwest via Las Vegas (6h 25m) reaches Burbank on time 92% of the time, against 81% on the nonstop.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MDW	BUR	4h 25m	81%	0.6%	322	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MDW 05:20 → PHX 06:55WN 2858	2h 55m Phoenix	PHX 09:50 → BUR 11:15WN 4549	7h 55m	100%	95%
Southwest Details →	MDW 06:30 → LAS 08:20WN 1182	1h 20m Las Vegas	LAS 09:40 → BUR 10:55WN 2198	6h 25m	98%	92%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 10:02 → SLC 12:28WN 2951	2h 37m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:05 → BUR 16:14DL 3693 · flown by SkyWest	8h 12m	98%	91%
Southwest Details →	MDW 10:20 → SMF 12:40WN 2094	3h 20m Sacramento	SMF 16:00 → BUR 17:15WN 3768	8h 55m	100%	90%
Southwest Details →	MDW 05:15 → DEN 06:50WN 2989	55m Denver	DEN 07:45 → BUR 09:15WN 2929	6h 00m	98%	88%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 10:05 → PDX 12:25WN 2809	2h 30m Portland	PDX 14:55 → BUR 17:13AS 1386	9h 08m	100%	86%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 06:50 → DEN 08:20WN 2765	2h 55m Denver	DEN 11:15 → BUR 12:48UA 2154	7h 58m	100%	85%
Southwest Details →	MDW 07:30 → LAS 09:20WN 347	1h 35m Las Vegas	LAS 10:55 → BUR 12:10WN 1529	6h 40m	100%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	MDW 11:20 → PHX 12:55WN 4189	1h 15m Phoenix	PHX 14:10 → BUR 15:30WN 1680	6h 10m	73%	59%
Southwest Details →	MDW 10:05 → SFO 12:35WN 1546	1h 30m San Francisco	SFO 14:05 → BUR 15:25WN 3638	7h 20m	52%	20%

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

LAS · 1h 20m · leaves 06:30 2%

DEN · 55m · leaves 05:15 2%

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