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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 85% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	PDX	FAT	1h 58m	85%	0.6%	709	Flying now
Allegiant	PDX	FAT	–	100%few flights	0.0%	3	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Fresno on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	PDX 05:45 → SLC 08:39DL 1270	2h 16m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:55 → FAT 11:53DL 3768 · flown by SkyWest	6h 08m	100%	92%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PDX 14:30 → SLC 17:29AS 3120 · flown by SkyWest	3h 01m Salt Lake City	SLC 20:30 → FAT 21:22DL 3774 · flown by SkyWest	6h 52m	98%	91%
Delta Details →	PDX 09:45 → SLC 12:35DL 1203	3h 08m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:43 → FAT 16:33DL 3777 · flown by SkyWest	6h 50m	99%	91%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PDX 05:50 → DEN 09:15WN 3195	2h 14m Denver	DEN 11:29 → FAT 13:14UA 5655 · flown by SkyWest	7h 24m	98%	90%
Southwest Details →	PDX 05:00 → LAS 07:10WN 344	2h 25m Las Vegas	LAS 09:35 → FAT 10:55WN 1423	5h 55m	96%	87%
American Details →	PDX 05:20 → PHX 08:00AA 2658	2h 21m Phoenix	PHX 10:21 → FAT 12:01AA 1831	6h 41m	96%	86%
United Details →	PDX 11:05 → DEN 14:43UA 2793	1h 14m Denver	DEN 15:57 → FAT 17:42UA 4806 · flown by SkyWest	6h 37m	95%	85%
Alaska + Allegianttwo ticketsDetails →	PDX 07:37 → LAS 09:55AS 627	3h 30m Las Vegas	LAS 13:25 → FAT 14:41G4 32	7h 05m	100%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	PDX 10:46 → SAN 13:27AS 1394	52m San Diego	SAN 14:19 → FAT 15:42AS 3389 · flown by SkyWest	4h 56m	72%	46%
United Details →	PDX 13:14 → SFO 15:05UA 2279	1h 05m San Francisco	SFO 16:10 → FAT 17:28UA 5652 · flown by SkyWest	4h 14m	54%	33%
American Details →	PDX 13:34 → DFW 19:31AA 2286	53m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:24 → FAT 21:43AA 2958	8h 09m	56%	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

SFO · 1h 19m · leaves 05:15 3%

SEA · 59m · leaves 08:19 9%

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 55m · leaves 15:30 20%

DFW · 53m · leaves 13:34 44%

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