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 1% of the time at 7 am and 18% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


United	ORD	ABQ	3h 23m	77%	2.1%	560	Flying now
American	ORD	ABQ	3h 19m	70%	0.7%	588	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Albuquerque on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Albuquerque is 1 h behind Chicago). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	ORD 05:00 → DEN 06:42UA 2666	1h 23m Denver	DEN 08:05 → ABQ 09:33UA 5487 · flown by SkyWest	5h 33m	99%	92%
Delta Details →	ORD 07:45 → SLC 10:15DL 2231	3h 55m Salt Lake City	SLC 14:10 → ABQ 16:00DL 3820 · flown by SkyWest	9h 15m	96%	91%
American Details →	ORD 05:00 → PHX 06:32AA 2434	2h 03m Phoenix	PHX 08:35 → ABQ 10:56AA 1348	6h 56m	94%	88%
United Details →	ORD 05:30 → IAH 08:18UA 2310	1h 42m Houston	IAH 10:00 → ABQ 11:25UA 3982 · flown by Mesa	6h 55m	99%	87%
United Details →	ORD 06:29 → IAH 09:18UA 1799	2h 46m Houston	IAH 12:04 → ABQ 13:27UA 6345 · flown by Mesa	7h 58m	100%	87%
Delta Details →	ORD 14:42 → LAX 17:14DL 967	3h 33m Los Angeles	LAX 20:47 → ABQ 23:48DL 4098 · flown by SkyWest	10h 08m	95%	85%
American Details →	ORD 06:04 → DFW 08:36AA 2896	3h 20m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 11:56 → ABQ 12:52AA 3374 · flown by Envoy	7h 48m	97%	85%
Delta Details →	ORD 09:45 → ATL 12:51DL 1178	1h 31m Atlanta	ATL 14:22 → ABQ 15:38DL 1109	6h 53m	95%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ORD 18:51 → PHX 20:39AA 866	1h 07m Phoenix	PHX 21:46 → ABQ 23:59AA 3159	6h 08m	70%	47%
American Details →	ORD 19:26 → DFW 22:08AA 3544 · flown by Envoy	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:56 → ABQ 23:48AA 2564	5h 22m	65%	36%
United Details →	ORD 18:17 → DEN 20:22UA 1974	48m Denver	DEN 21:10 → ABQ 22:43UA 4761 · flown by SkyWest	5h 26m	47%	31%

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

SEA · 1h 12m · leaves 06:00 9%

DFW · 1h 06m · leaves 07:00 19%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 1h 07m · leaves 18:51 30%

DFW · 48m · leaves 19:26 35%

DEN · 48m · leaves 18:17 53%

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.


United UA 1972 ORD 08:55 → SLC Delta DL 3820 SLC 14:10 → ABQ Connection details →	2h 31m	8h 05m	97%	92%
United UA 374 ORD 14:30 → LAX Delta DL 4098 LAX 20:47 → ABQ Connection details →	3h 42m	10h 20m	99%	88%
American AA 2434 ORD 05:00 → PHX Southwest WN 106 PHX 10:15 → ABQ Connection details →	3h 43m	8h 30m	99%	85%

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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