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 6% of the time at 11 am and 29% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHX	AUS	2h 16m	75%	1.0%	1,224	Flying now
Southwest	PHX	AUS	2h 10m	75%	0.6%	1,957	Flying now
Delta	PHX	AUS	2h 35m	80%few flights	0.0%	25	Flying now
Frontier	PHX	AUS	2h 14m	87%	0.7%	145	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Austin on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Austin is 2 h ahead of Phoenix). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	PHX 23:59 → ATL 06:39DL 929	1h 31m Atlanta	ATL 08:10 → AUS 09:30 +1DL 2976	7h 31m	95%	87%
Delta Details →	PHX 06:00 → LAX 07:35DL 4057 · flown by SkyWest	2h 30m Los Angeles	LAX 10:05 → AUS 15:20DL 986	7h 16m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	PHX 05:15 → DEN 08:00WN 3259	2h 00m Denver	DEN 10:00 → AUS 13:20WN 2263	6h 05m	98%	86%
Southwest Details →	PHX 05:45 → LAS 06:50WN 3281	50m Las Vegas	LAS 07:40 → AUS 12:25WN 1864	4h 40m	100%	86%
United Details →	PHX 15:50 → LAX 17:27UA 5718 · flown by SkyWest	1h 18m Los Angeles	LAX 18:45 → AUS 23:59UA 5456 · flown by SkyWest	6h 09m	92%	84%
Southwest Details →	PHX 08:35 → LGB 09:55WN 165	2h 40m Long Beach	LGB 12:35 → AUS 17:30WN 2476	6h 55m	100%	83%
American Details →	PHX 05:10 → DFW 09:45AA 1655	2h 35m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:20 → AUS 13:25AA 4095 · flown by Envoy	6h 15m	98%	82%
United Details →	PHX 13:16 → SFO 15:19UA 1427	2h 02m San Francisco	SFO 17:21 → AUS 23:04UA 2332	7h 48m	93%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	PHX 07:00 → PDX 09:43AS 511	47m Portland	PDX 10:30 → AUS 16:38AS 540	7h 38m	74%	63%
Frontier Details →	PHX 16:48 → DEN 19:46F9 2142	1h 00m Denver	DEN 20:46 → AUS 20:18 +1F9 2890	5h 13m	71%	46%
American Details →	PHX 12:15 → ORD 18:08AA 338	55m Chicago	ORD 19:03 → AUS 21:59AA 1715	7h 32m	67%	40%

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

DEN · 1h 13m · leaves 06:00 5%

IAH · 1h 13m · leaves 06:10 6%

DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 05:10 7%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 55m · leaves 12:15 33%

DFW · 48m · leaves 13:35 43%

DEN · 55m · leaves 15:25 73%

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.


United UA 5849 PHX 06:00 → LAX Delta DL 986 LAX 10:05 → AUS Connection details →	2h 28m	7h 16m	99%	85%
Delta DL 4057 PHX 06:00 → LAX American AA 6409 LAX 09:18 → AUS Connection details →	1h 43m	6h 34m	96%	83%
Southwest WN 3261 PHX 08:50 → DEN United UA 2270 DEN 13:44 → AUS Connection details →	2h 09m	6h 08m	100%	82%

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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