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 1 time in 10 at 11 am and barely half the time at 7 pm.

Best connections, one ticket

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


United Details →	MIA 06:30 → IAH 08:24UA 2074	1h 06m Houston	IAH 09:30 → SNA 10:59UA 1383	7h 29m	95%	87%
United Details →	MIA 07:37 → DEN 10:00UA 2045	3h 25m Denver	DEN 13:25 → SNA 14:56UA 1707	10h 19m	99%	86%
United Details →	MIA 08:48 → IAH 10:42UA 2417	1h 48m Houston	IAH 12:30 → SNA 14:03UA 2780	8h 15m	93%	79%
American Details →	MIA 05:25 → DFW 07:40AA 1226	2h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:40 → SNA 10:52AA 2672	8h 23m	98%	78%
United Details →	MIA 08:00 → SFO 11:03UA 1257	2h 36m San Francisco	SFO 13:39 → SNA 15:31UA 5440 · flown by SkyWest	10h 31m	99%	78%
United Details →	MIA 11:12 → EWR 14:23UA 2080	2h 37m Newark	EWR 17:00 → SNA 20:06UA 1690	11h 54m	100%	78%
United Details →	MIA 08:48 → EWR 11:54UA 408	2h 35m Newark	EWR 14:29 → SNA 17:18UA 1350	11h 30m	97%	75%
Delta Details →	MIA 06:30 → SEA 10:00DL 2355	3h 30m Seattle	SEA 13:30 → SNA 16:31DL 3999 · flown by SkyWest	13h 01m	100%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MIA 15:30 → DFW 17:50AA 1199	1h 25m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:15 → SNA 20:22AA 806	7h 52m	71%	45%
Delta Details →	MIA 14:40 → MSP 17:40DL 2129	48m Minneapolis	MSP 18:28 → SNA 20:24DL 2107	8h 44m	64%	42%
United Details →	MIA 16:10 → ORD 18:53UA 2106	52m Chicago	ORD 19:45 → SNA 22:19UA 308	9h 09m	49%	40%

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

IAH · 1h 06m · leaves 06:30 5%

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 07:37 5%

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 08:28 10%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 47m · leaves 15:44 31%

MSP · 48m · leaves 14:40 36%

ORD · 52m · leaves 16:10 51%

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.


Delta DL 2355 MIA 06:30 → SEA Alaska AS 773 SEA 13:49 → SNA Connection details →	3h 49m	13h 11m	100%	86%
American AA 1739 MIA 08:57 → DEN United UA 1707 DEN 13:25 → SNA Connection details →	2h 06m	8h 59m	97%	84%
American AA 603 MIA 07:00 → IAH United UA 2780 IAH 12:30 → SNA Connection details →	3h 40m	10h 03m	98%	83%

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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