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 75-minute layover misses 6% of the time at 9 am and 45% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	ORD	GEG	4h 21m	66%	2.2%	362	Flying now
American	ORD	GEG	4h 09m	65%	0.9%	352	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Spokane on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Spokane is 2 h behind Chicago). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	ORD 07:35 → LAX 10:01DL 1556	3h 05m Los Angeles	LAX 13:06 → GEG 15:48DL 3794 · flown by SkyWest	10h 13m	100%	93%
United Details →	ORD 08:40 → DEN 10:31UA 526	3h 15m Denver	DEN 13:46 → GEG 15:12UA 324	8h 31m	100%	87%
Delta Details →	ORD 06:30 → MSP 08:06DL 1717	2h 24m Minneapolis	MSP 10:30 → GEG 11:40DL 1853	7h 10m	95%	82%
Alaska Details →	ORD 06:00 → SEA 08:38AS 715	1h 17m Seattle	SEA 09:55 → GEG 11:00AS 2200 · flown by Horizon	7h 00m	92%	82%
United Details →	ORD 06:00 → DEN 07:42UA 2806	3h 33m Denver	DEN 11:15 → GEG 12:37UA 295	8h 37m	100%	81%
Alaska Details →	ORD 08:02 → SEA 10:37AS 587	3h 45m Seattle	SEA 14:22 → GEG 15:25AS 2074 · flown by Horizon	9h 23m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	ORD 08:36 → MSP 10:15DL 1554	2h 02m Minneapolis	MSP 12:17 → GEG 13:18DL 2437	6h 42m	91%	80%
Delta Details →	ORD 13:00 → SEA 15:43DL 1564	2h 16m Seattle	SEA 17:59 → GEG 19:17DL 3832 · flown by SkyWest	8h 17m	94%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ORD 17:34 → PHX 19:19AA 3261	1h 11m Phoenix	PHX 20:30 → GEG 23:09AA 1785	7h 32m	62%	43%
American Details →	ORD 14:59 → DFW 17:36AA 2257	1h 22m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:58 → GEG 20:45AA 1446	7h 46m	72%	34%
Alaska Details →	ORD 08:02 → SEA 10:37AS 587	46m Seattle	SEA 11:23 → GEG 12:29AS 449	6h 27m	47%	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

SEA · 1h 17m · leaves 06:00 8%

SLC · 1h 15m · leaves 07:45 14%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 1h 11m · leaves 17:34 38%

SEA · 1h 09m · leaves 17:42 45%

SLC · 1h 00m · leaves 19:37 52%

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.


American AA 2284 ORD 08:00 → PDX Alaska AS 3262 PDX 14:30 → GEG Connection details →	3h 58m	9h 41m	99%	99%
United UA 2361 ORD 07:00 → LAX Delta DL 3794 LAX 13:06 → GEG Connection details →	3h 33m	10h 48m	99%	92%
United UA 1660 ORD 13:30 → SEA Delta DL 3677 SEA 19:56 → GEG Connection details →	3h 47m	9h 42m	100%	88%

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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