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 4 in 5 on time.

Nonstops


American	PHX	BUR	1h 34m	82%	0.6%	959	Flying now
Southwest	PHX	BUR	1h 30m	80%	0.7%	2,188	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 →	PHX 05:45 → LAS 06:50WN 3281	55m Las Vegas	LAS 07:45 → BUR 09:00WN 3327	3h 15m	100%	97%
Southwest Details →	PHX 05:15 → OAK 07:10WN 4838	2h 05m Oakland	OAK 09:15 → BUR 10:25WN 3036	5h 10m	100%	95%
Southwest Details →	PHX 07:45 → SJC 09:40WN 2978	2h 30m San Jose	SJC 12:10 → BUR 13:20WN 3661	5h 35m	100%	94%
Southwest Details →	PHX 05:20 → SMF 07:15WN 3343	1h 45m Sacramento	SMF 09:00 → BUR 10:15WN 3764	4h 55m	100%	93%
Southwest Details →	PHX 06:40 → LAS 07:50WN 3039	1h 50m Las Vegas	LAS 09:40 → BUR 10:55WN 2198	4h 15m	100%	92%
Delta Details →	PHX 09:45 → SLC 12:23DL 1447	2h 42m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:05 → BUR 16:14DL 3693 · flown by SkyWest	6h 29m	100%	91%
Southwest Details →	PHX 07:45 → SMF 09:45WN 2885	1h 25m Sacramento	SMF 11:10 → BUR 12:30WN 3765	4h 45m	98%	90%
Southwest Details →	PHX 15:00 → SMF 16:55WN 148	3h 05m Sacramento	SMF 20:00 → BUR 21:18WN 1890	6h 18m	100%	88%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	PHX 07:20 → SEA 10:29AS 645	51m Seattle	SEA 11:20 → BUR 13:56AS 529	6h 36m	74%	52%
United Details →	PHX 07:24 → SFO 09:27UA 2209	56m San Francisco	SFO 10:23 → BUR 11:49UA 2115	4h 25m	51%	42%
American Details →	PHX 15:15 → DFW 19:53AA 2113	53m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:46 → BUR 21:58AA 2597	6h 43m	46%	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

OAK · 1h 20m · leaves 07:45 2%

LAS · 1h 00m · leaves 07:30 5%

DFW · 1h 11m · leaves 05:10 5%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 1h 07m · leaves 17:05 10%

SFO · 56m · leaves 13:16 51%

DFW · 53m · leaves 15:15 54%

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.


Frontier F9 3872 PHX 09:14 → SLC Delta DL 3693 SLC 15:05 → BUR Connection details →	3h 11m	7h 00m	100%	92%
American AA 2630 PHX 10:04 → SMF Southwest WN 3768 SMF 16:00 → BUR Connection details →	3h 56m	7h 11m	94%	85%
Southwest WN 1706 PHX 06:15 → DEN United UA 2154 DEN 11:15 → BUR Connection details →	2h 15m	6h 33m	100%	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