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 Denver (5h 55m) reaches Reno on time 4 times in 5, against 71% on the nonstop.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MDW	RNO	4h 10m	71%	0.0%	102	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 10:05 → PDX 12:25WN 2809	2h 36m Portland	PDX 15:01 → RNO 16:30AS 2206 · flown by Horizon	8h 25m	100%	90%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 10:02 → SLC 12:28WN 2951	3h 52m Salt Lake City	SLC 16:20 → RNO 16:59DL 3732 · flown by SkyWest	8h 57m	100%	90%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 10:10 → LAX 12:30WN 2433	3h 42m Los Angeles	LAX 16:12 → RNO 17:46UA 5722 · flown by SkyWest	9h 36m	99%	89%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 11:20 → PHX 12:55WN 4189	3h 42m Phoenix	PHX 16:37 → RNO 18:31AA 4053 · flown by Envoy	9h 11m	98%	89%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 06:50 → DEN 08:20WN 2765	3h 00m Denver	DEN 11:20 → RNO 12:39UA 2167	7h 49m	100%	87%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 05:10 → LAX 07:25WN 4637	1h 52m Los Angeles	LAX 09:17 → RNO 10:56UA 5410 · flown by SkyWest	7h 46m	91%	85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 11:10 → DEN 12:40WN 2960	3h 30m Denver	DEN 16:10 → RNO 17:36UA 1604	8h 26m	98%	83%
Southwest Details →	MDW 05:15 → DEN 06:50WN 2989	1h 00m Denver	DEN 07:50 → RNO 09:10WN 2689	5h 55m	98%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	MDW 18:00 → DEN 19:45WN 1497	1h 23m Denver	DEN 21:08 → RNO 22:32WN 1696	6h 33m	72%	33%

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

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 05:15 2%

LAS · 52m · leaves 06:30 18%

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