Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: American’s MSO → DFW flights land within a few points of 83% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	MSO	DFW	3h 24m	83%	1.1%	435	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h ahead of Missoula). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	MSO 06:05 → DEN 08:11UA 1026	1h 29m Denver	DEN 09:40 → DFW 12:48UA 355	5h 43m	97%	91%
Delta Details →	MSO 05:31 → SLC 07:04DL 2795	2h 46m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:50 → DFW 13:33DL 2800	7h 02m	97%	81%
Alaska Details →	MSO 19:59 → SEA 20:33AS 2138 · flown by Horizon	2h 30m Seattle	SEA 23:03 → DFW 05:02 +1AS 542	8h 03m	98%	78%
Alaska + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MSO 07:00 → SEA 07:32AS 2153 · flown by Horizon	2h 50m Seattle	SEA 10:22 → DFW 16:30AA 707	8h 30m	100%	77%
Delta Details →	MSO 13:17 → SLC 15:00DL 4112 · flown by SkyWest	2h 40m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:40 → DFW 21:24DL 2796	7h 07m	99%	73%
United Details →	MSO 10:36 → DEN 12:48UA 5484 · flown by SkyWest	57m Denver	DEN 13:45 → DFW 16:51UA 578	5h 15m	96%	72%
Alaska + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MSO 11:22 → SEA 12:02AS 3100 · flown by SkyWest	3h 19m Seattle	SEA 15:21 → DFW 21:24AA 757	9h 02m	100%	71%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MSO 07:15 → LAX 09:17UA 4741 · flown by SkyWest	2h 58m Los Angeles	LAX 12:15 → DFW 17:34AA 1230	9h 19m	100%	69%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MSO 16:19 → SFO 17:50UA 5417 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m San Francisco	SFO 18:50 → DFW 00:37 +1UA 2478	7h 18m	54%	32%

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

SLC · 51m · leaves 05:31 10%

Afternoon and evening

SFO · 1h 00m · leaves 16:19 46%

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