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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 one-hour layover misses 3% of the time at 7 am and 58% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Alaska ORD ANC 6h 42m 76% 0.5% 209 Flying now
United ORD ANC 6h 47m 75% 1.1% 438 Flying now
American ORD ANC 6h 47m 69% 0.0% 138 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Anchorage on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Anchorage is 3 h behind Chicago). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → ORD 08:51 → IAH 11:51UA 535 2h 29m Houston IAH 14:20 → ANC 18:41UA 2369 12h 50m 99% 86%
UnitedDetails → ORD 05:00 → DEN 06:42UA 2666 58m Denver DEN 07:40 → ANC 11:10UA 394 9h 10m 97% 85%
American + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → ORD 08:00 → PDX 10:32AA 2284 3h 58m Portland PDX 14:30 → ANC 17:16AS 1565 12h 16m 99% 83%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → ORD 17:55 → SEA 20:34DL 637 3h 25m Seattle SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363 11h 45m 97% 82%
United + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → ORD 08:45 → SEA 11:38UA 2099 3h 09m Seattle SEA 14:47 → ANC 17:26AS 660 11h 41m 98% 81%
American + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → ORD 12:10 → PDX 14:40AA 2545 3h 10m Portland PDX 17:50 → ANC 20:38AS 271 11h 28m 89% 80%
UnitedDetails → ORD 10:54 → DEN 12:45UA 581 2h 50m Denver DEN 15:35 → ANC 19:12UA 1592 11h 18m 97% 79%
UnitedDetails → ORD 06:00 → DEN 07:42UA 2806 3h 38m Denver DEN 11:20 → ANC 14:53UA 280 11h 53m 100% 78%
Tight connection: often missed
AlaskaDetails → ORD 20:20 → SEA 23:04AS 329 55m Seattle SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363 9h 20m 62% 52%
AlaskaDetails → ORD 08:02 → SEA 10:37AS 587 1h 02m Seattle SEA 11:39 → ANC 14:27AS 83 9h 25m 68% 48%
AmericanDetails → ORD 14:59 → DFW 17:36AA 2257 1h 04m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 18:40 → ANC 22:39AA 395 10h 40m 67% 42%

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 · 58m · leaves 05:00 3%
SEA · 1h 04m · leaves 06:55 21%
Afternoon and evening
PDX · 1h 03m · leaves 14:12 24%
DFW · 1h 04m · leaves 14:59 33%
SEA · 54m · leaves 17:42 58%

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