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 50-minute layover misses 1 time in 4 at 7 am and barely half the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHX	CLE	3h 55m	76%	0.3%	298	Flying now
Frontier	PHX	CLE	3h 58m	74%	1.9%	324	Flying now
Southwest	PHX	CLE	3h 40m	70%	0.0%	367	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Cleveland on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Cleveland is 3 h ahead of Phoenix). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	PHX 23:55 → MDW 05:10WN 3298	2h 45m Chicago	MDW 07:55 → CLE 10:10 +1WN 4088	7h 15m	100%	93%
United Details →	PHX 06:00 → LAX 07:37UA 5849 · flown by SkyWest	1h 23m Los Angeles	LAX 09:00 → CLE 16:38UA 1084	7h 38m	98%	89%
United Details →	PHX 18:54 → LAX 20:31UA 4722 · flown by SkyWest	2h 04m Los Angeles	LAX 22:35 → CLE 06:10 +1UA 2641	8h 16m	98%	88%
United Details →	PHX 06:00 → DEN 08:52UA 337	48m Denver	DEN 09:40 → CLE 14:36UA 619	5h 36m	90%	87%
Delta Details →	PHX 23:59 → ATL 06:39DL 929	3h 04m Atlanta	ATL 09:43 → CLE 11:32 +1DL 2978	8h 34m	99%	87%
United Details →	PHX 09:08 → DEN 12:00UA 597	1h 55m Denver	DEN 13:55 → CLE 18:53UA 2476	6h 45m	96%	86%
Delta Details →	PHX 22:32 → BOS 06:30DL 1697	1h 55m Boston	BOS 08:25 → CLE 10:35 +1DL 5674 · flown by Republic	9h 04m	95%	86%
Southwest Details →	PHX 06:15 → DEN 09:00WN 1706	3h 20m Denver	DEN 12:20 → CLE 17:10WN 1506	7h 55m	100%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHX 12:55 → PHL 20:41AA 1803	1h 19m Philadelphia	PHL 22:00 → CLE 23:39AA 2253	7h 44m	65%	45%
United Details →	PHX 11:12 → ORD 16:54UA 1748	56m Chicago	ORD 17:50 → CLE 20:18UA 2652	6h 06m	74%	42%
United Details →	PHX 14:45 → ORD 20:27UA 1686	53m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → CLE 23:49UA 457	6h 04m	49%	26%

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

LAX · 1h 10m · leaves 07:15 6%

DEN · 48m · leaves 06:00 10%

SFO · 1h 13m · leaves 07:24 19%

Afternoon and evening

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 11:00 38%

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 15:25 45%

ORD · 53m · leaves 14:45 51%

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 3259 PHX 05:15 → DEN United UA 619 DEN 09:40 → CLE Connection details →	1h 40m	6h 21m	96%	92%
Southwest WN 3261 PHX 08:50 → DEN United UA 2476 DEN 13:55 → CLE Connection details →	2h 20m	7h 03m	100%	90%
American AA 2701 PHX 21:45 → BOS Delta DL 5674 BOS 08:25 → CLE Connection details →	2h 40m	9h 51m	98%	89%

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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