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 one-hour layover misses 1 time in 10 at 10 am and 1 time in 5 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	PHX	ANC	5h 59m	81%	0.0%	363	Flying now
American	PHX	ANC	5h 41m	59%	0.0%	72	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	PHX 11:35 → PDX 14:10WN 2310	3h 40m Portland	PDX 17:50 → ANC 20:38AS 271	10h 03m	100%	90%
United Details →	PHX 13:16 → SFO 15:19UA 1427	3h 28m San Francisco	SFO 18:47 → ANC 22:46UA 1594	10h 30m	100%	89%
United Details →	PHX 06:10 → IAH 10:52UA 1318	3h 28m Houston	IAH 14:20 → ANC 18:41UA 2369	13h 31m	100%	87%
American + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	PHX 00:50 → ORD 06:25AA 1148	3h 35m Chicago	ORD 10:00 → ANC 13:42AS 1546	13h 52m	97%	86%
American + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	PHX 17:55 → SEA 21:05AA 4307 · flown by Envoy	2h 54m Seattle	SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363	9h 45m	99%	85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PHX 08:50 → DEN 11:35WN 3261	4h 00m Denver	DEN 15:35 → ANC 19:12UA 1592	11h 22m	100%	81%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	PHX 08:35 → SEA 11:40WN 3330	3h 07m Seattle	SEA 14:47 → ANC 17:26AS 660	9h 51m	98%	81%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PHX 06:15 → DEN 09:00WN 1706	2h 20m Denver	DEN 11:20 → ANC 14:53UA 280	9h 38m	100%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	PHX 07:00 → PDX 09:43AS 511	47m Portland	PDX 10:30 → ANC 13:22AS 775	7h 22m	74%	60%
American Details →	PHX 10:15 → ORD 16:12AA 2252	48m Chicago	ORD 17:00 → ANC 20:51AA 1354	11h 37m	68%	43%
Southwest Details →	PHX 16:00 → LAS 17:10WN 3283	1h 20m Las Vegas	LAS 18:30 → ANC 22:45WN 1575	7h 45m	67%	27%

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 10m · leaves 07:20 9%

PDX · 47m · leaves 07:00 26%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 10m · leaves 13:45 32%

ORD · 48m · leaves 10:15 32%

LAS · 1h 20m · leaves 16:00 33%

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