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 5% of the time at 10 am and 23% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MEM	LAX	4h 02m	78%	1.2%	256	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	MEM 05:15 → ATL 07:35DL 1666	3h 55m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326	9h 53m	99%	89%
United Details →	MEM 08:51 → DEN 10:35UA 472	2h 51m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	8h 06m	98%	87%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 08:00 → PHX 09:28AA 3879 · flown by Envoy	2h 47m Phoenix	PHX 12:15 → LAX 13:46DL 3951 · flown by SkyWest	7h 46m	99%	85%
United Details →	MEM 07:00 → IAH 08:46UA 537	3h 47m Houston	IAH 12:33 → LAX 14:06UA 2460	9h 06m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	MEM 07:25 → ATL 09:45DL 1625	2h 50m Atlanta	ATL 12:35 → LAX 14:15DL 895	8h 50m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	MEM 06:00 → MSP 08:13DL 3899 · flown by SkyWest	3h 27m Minneapolis	MSP 11:40 → LAX 13:34DL 2119	9h 34m	97%	84%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 07:15 → SLC 09:32DL 2290	1h 48m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:20 → LAX 12:15WN 3746	7h 00m	90%	84%
Delta Details →	MEM 08:27 → ATL 10:51DL 5247 · flown by Endeavor	3h 44m Atlanta	ATL 14:35 → LAX 16:16DL 753	9h 49m	98%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MEM 15:25 → DEN 17:09UA 498	56m Denver	DEN 18:05 → LAX 19:40UA 2240	6h 15m	69%	52%
American Details →	MEM 17:38 → PHL 21:10AA 5266 · flown by PSA	55m Philadelphia	PHL 22:05 → LAX 00:50 +1AA 738	9h 12m	65%	34%
American Details →	MEM 14:20 → ORD 16:23AA 3675 · flown by Envoy	47m Chicago	ORD 17:10 → LAX 19:33AA 1437	7h 13m	50%	25%

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

PHX · 1h 08m · leaves 08:00 1%

EWR · 1h 02m · leaves 06:00 5%

PHL · 1h 16m · leaves 06:11 6%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 55m · leaves 17:38 35%

MDW · 50m · leaves 15:35 52%

ORD · 50m · leaves 18:35 78%

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