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

No clear winner: Alaska’s PDX → ABQ flights land within a few points of 94% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	PDX	ABQ	2h 56m	94%	0.3%	352	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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 ahead of Portland). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	PDX 05:45 → SLC 08:39DL 1270	1h 17m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:56 → ABQ 11:45DL 4084 · flown by SkyWest	5h 00m	99%	94%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PDX 07:52 → SLC 10:45AS 2333 · flown by Horizon	3h 25m Salt Lake City	SLC 14:10 → ABQ 16:00DL 3820 · flown by SkyWest	7h 08m	95%	91%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PDX 10:55 → SLC 13:59AS 3112 · flown by SkyWest	3h 26m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:25 → ABQ 19:16DL 3726 · flown by SkyWest	7h 21m	98%	90%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PDX 14:39 → LAX 17:06AS 713	3h 41m Los Angeles	LAX 20:47 → ABQ 23:48DL 4098 · flown by SkyWest	8h 11m	99%	89%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PDX 14:30 → SLC 17:29AS 3120 · flown by SkyWest	3h 16m Salt Lake City	SLC 20:45 → ABQ 22:35DL 3729 · flown by SkyWest	7h 05m	98%	88%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	PDX 05:20 → PHX 08:00AA 2658	2h 15m Phoenix	PHX 10:15 → ABQ 12:30WN 106	6h 10m	96%	84%
Alaska Details →	PDX 06:19 → SEA 07:17AS 499	2h 33m Seattle	SEA 09:50 → ABQ 13:53AS 327	6h 34m	100%	84%
United + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	PDX 05:00 → DEN 08:31UA 459	2h 49m Denver	DEN 11:20 → ABQ 12:40WN 170	6h 40m	99%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PDX 11:54 → DFW 17:49AA 2287	55m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:44 → ABQ 19:37AA 2698	6h 43m	65%	35%
Southwest Details →	PDX 19:25 → PHX 22:05WN 1048	50m Phoenix	PHX 22:55 → ABQ 01:08 +1WN 2863	4h 42m	26%	14%
Southwest Details →	PDX 15:15 → DAL 20:55WN 1577	55m Dallas	DAL 21:50 → ABQ 22:40WN 1255	6h 20m	21%	11%

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 · 1h 17m · leaves 05:45 1%

DFW · 59m · leaves 05:07 18%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 04m · leaves 13:02 20%

DFW · 55m · leaves 11:54 35%

PHX · 50m · leaves 19:25 74%

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