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 87% on time.

Nonstops


Alaska	PDX	BUR	2h 19m	87%	0.9%	1,026	Flying now
Southwest	PDX	BUR	–	60%few flights	0.0%	5	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	PDX 05:30 → SMF 07:00WN 3211	2h 00m Sacramento	SMF 09:00 → BUR 10:15WN 3764	4h 45m	100%	93%
Southwest Details →	PDX 05:10 → OAK 06:55WN 264	2h 20m Oakland	OAK 09:15 → BUR 10:25WN 3036	5h 15m	96%	92%
Southwest Details →	PDX 07:25 → SJC 09:15WN 3209	2h 55m San Jose	SJC 12:10 → BUR 13:20WN 3661	5h 55m	100%	91%
Southwest Details →	PDX 05:00 → LAS 07:10WN 344	2h 30m Las Vegas	LAS 09:40 → BUR 10:55WN 2198	5h 55m	96%	90%
Delta Details →	PDX 09:45 → SLC 12:35DL 1203	2h 30m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:05 → BUR 16:14DL 3693 · flown by SkyWest	6h 29m	99%	89%
United Details →	PDX 13:14 → SFO 15:05UA 2279	2h 49m San Francisco	SFO 17:54 → BUR 19:20UA 1321	6h 06m	97%	84%
United Details →	PDX 05:00 → DEN 08:31UA 459	2h 44m Denver	DEN 11:15 → BUR 12:48UA 2154	7h 48m	99%	84%
Alaska Details →	PDX 06:19 → SEA 07:17AS 499	2h 26m Seattle	SEA 09:43 → BUR 12:23AS 426	6h 04m	100%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PDX 13:34 → DFW 19:31AA 2286	1h 15m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:46 → BUR 21:58AA 2597	8h 24m	69%	41%
United Details →	PDX 07:00 → SFO 08:56UA 2818	1h 27m San Francisco	SFO 10:23 → BUR 11:49UA 2115	4h 49m	48%	39%
Alaska Details →	PDX 17:30 → SEA 18:33AS 430	50m Seattle	SEA 19:23 → BUR 21:59AS 1408	4h 29m	62%	25%

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 · 47m · leaves 05:00 8%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 15m · leaves 13:34 31%

SEA · 50m · leaves 17:30 38%

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.


Alaska AS 2399 PDX 11:00 → SMF Southwest WN 3768 SMF 16:00 → BUR Connection details →	3h 27m	6h 15m	100%	89%
Alaska AS 2080 PDX 07:15 → SJC Southwest WN 3661 SJC 12:10 → BUR Connection details →	3h 01m	6h 05m	98%	89%
Alaska AS 2405 PDX 14:32 → SMF Southwest WN 1890 SMF 20:00 → BUR Connection details →	3h 54m	6h 46m	100%	87%

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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