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 8% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 4 at 6 pm.

Best connections, any airlines

Ranked by chance you reach Burbank on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Burbank is 3 h behind Miami). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	MIA 09:39 → SLC 12:40AA 483	2h 25m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:05 → BUR 16:14DL 3693 · flown by SkyWest	9h 35m	90%	84%
United Details →	MIA 07:37 → DEN 10:00UA 2045	1h 15m Denver	DEN 11:15 → BUR 12:48UA 2154	8h 11m	94%	80%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	MIA 07:35 → PHX 09:19AA 1061	3h 03m Phoenix	PHX 12:22 → BUR 13:42WN 1493	9h 07m	96%	79%
American Details →	MIA 10:59 → PHX 12:56AA 3172	3h 41m Phoenix	PHX 16:37 → BUR 18:08AA 4944 · flown by SkyWest	10h 08m	98%	79%
Delta Details →	MIA 06:00 → ATL 08:05DL 1249	3h 13m Atlanta	ATL 11:18 → BUR 12:57DL 483	9h 57m	99%	72%
United Details →	MIA 08:00 → SFO 11:03UA 1257	2h 47m San Francisco	SFO 13:50 → BUR 15:17UA 626	10h 17m	99%	68%
Frontier + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	MIA 06:00 → DEN 08:37F9 1279	3h 08m Denver	DEN 11:45 → BUR 13:20WN 579	10h 20m	97%	66%
American + JetBluetwo ticketsDetails →	MIA 09:55 → JFK 13:04AA 1052	3h 55m New York	JFK 16:59 → BUR 20:18B6 358	13h 23m	99%	65%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MIA 15:44 → DEN 18:23UA 2852	50m Denver	DEN 19:13 → BUR 20:43UA 2411	7h 59m	74%	49%
American Details →	MIA 17:30 → DFW 19:56AA 3260	50m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:46 → BUR 21:58AA 2597	7h 28m	50%	29%
Southwest Details →	MIA 16:20 → DEN 18:40WN 2926	1h 45m Denver	DEN 20:25 → BUR 21:50WN 1497	8h 30m	60%	27%

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 15m · leaves 07:37 6%

ATL · 58m · leaves 08:17 8%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 50m · leaves 15:44 26%

DFW · 50m · leaves 17:30 50%

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