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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 80-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 8 am and 37% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
American MIA SAN 5h 45m 76% 1.1% 649 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach San Diego on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (San Diego is 3 h behind Miami). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → MIA 07:37 → DEN 10:00UA 2045 3h 30m Denver DEN 13:30 → SAN 14:55UA 1302 10h 18m 99% 86%
UnitedDetails → MIA 06:30 → IAH 08:24UA 2074 3h 36m Houston IAH 12:00 → SAN 13:21UA 2399 9h 51m 100% 83%
DeltaDetails → MIA 06:00 → ATL 08:05DL 1249 3h 48m Atlanta ATL 11:53 → SAN 13:21DL 540 10h 21m 99% 82%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → MIA 08:20 → SEA 11:56AA 654 3h 29m Seattle SEA 15:25 → SAN 18:13DL 2613 12h 53m 99% 82%
DeltaDetails → MIA 06:30 → SEA 10:00DL 2355 2h 05m Seattle SEA 12:05 → SAN 15:04DL 2572 11h 34m 100% 81%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → MIA 08:35 → LAX 11:02AA 843 3h 09m Los Angeles LAX 14:11 → SAN 15:11DL 4001 · flown by SkyWest 9h 36m 99% 79%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → MIA 06:40 → ORD 09:08AA 581 3h 52m Chicago ORD 13:00 → SAN 15:25UA 2683 11h 45m 99% 79%
UnitedDetails → MIA 13:10 → IAD 15:53UA 2435 2h 07m Dulles IAD 18:00 → SAN 20:23UA 2054 10h 13m 95% 78%
Tight connection: often missed
DeltaDetails → MIA 18:05 → ATL 20:22DL 1386 1h 06m Atlanta ATL 21:28 → SAN 23:00DL 896 7h 55m 63% 46%
AmericanDetails → MIA 15:30 → DFW 17:50AA 1199 1h 12m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 19:02 → SAN 20:03AA 1243 7h 33m 63% 35%
AmericanDetails → MIA 17:00 → ORD 19:53AA 3056 1h 17m Chicago ORD 21:10 → SAN 23:26AA 2457 9h 26m 71% 29%

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
SFO · 1h 18m · leaves 08:00 3%
IAH · 1h 06m · leaves 06:30 5%
DEN · 1h 15m · leaves 07:37 6%
Afternoon and evening
ATL · 1h 06m · leaves 18:05 37%
PHX · 52m · leaves 17:40 43%
SFO · 1h 01m · leaves 18:35 76%

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