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, one ticket

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.


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%
Alaska Details →	PHX 18:53 → SEA 22:00AS 611	1h 59m Seattle	SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363	8h 47m	97%	83%
Alaska Details →	PHX 09:10 → SEA 12:17AS 637	2h 30m Seattle	SEA 14:47 → ANC 17:26AS 660	9h 16m	98%	80%
Alaska Details →	PHX 14:04 → PDX 16:46AS 742	1h 04m Portland	PDX 17:50 → ANC 20:38AS 271	7h 34m	89%	80%
United Details →	PHX 09:08 → DEN 12:00UA 597	3h 35m Denver	DEN 15:35 → ANC 19:12UA 1592	11h 04m	99%	80%
United Details →	PHX 06:00 → DEN 08:52UA 337	2h 28m Denver	DEN 11:20 → ANC 14:53UA 280	9h 53m	99%	78%
United Details →	PHX 06:00 → EWR 13:47UA 1992	1h 41m Newark	EWR 15:28 → ANC 19:12UA 450	14h 12m	97%	78%
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.


Southwest WN 2310 PHX 11:35 → PDX Alaska AS 271 PDX 17:50 → ANC Connection details →	3h 40m	10h 03m	100%	90%
American AA 1148 PHX 00:50 → ORD Alaska AS 1546 ORD 10:00 → ANC Connection details →	3h 35m	13h 52m	97%	86%
American AA 4307 PHX 17:55 → SEA Alaska AS 1363 SEA 23:59 → ANC Connection details →	2h 54m	9h 45m	99%	85%

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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