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 2% of the time at 9 am and almost half the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHX	DFW	2h 28m	81%	2.6%	4,620	Flying now
Frontier	PHX	DFW	2h 35m	80%	1.8%	602	Flying now
Spirit	PHX	DFW	–	67%few flights	0.0%	3	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	PHX 07:37 → SNA 08:59AA 2660	1h 26m Santa Ana	SNA 10:25 → DFW 15:39AA 2680	6h 02m	97%	85%
United Details →	PHX 06:00 → DEN 08:52UA 337	48m Denver	DEN 09:40 → DFW 12:48UA 355	4h 48m	90%	84%
Delta Details →	PHX 06:00 → SLC 08:40DL 1535	1h 10m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:50 → DFW 13:33DL 2800	5h 33m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	PHX 10:35 → LAX 12:11DL 4119 · flown by SkyWest	1h 39m Los Angeles	LAX 13:50 → DFW 19:04DL 948	6h 29m	97%	82%
American Details →	PHX 20:38 → LAX 22:07AA 3204	2h 24m Los Angeles	LAX 00:31 → DFW 05:41 +1AA 971	7h 03m	95%	80%
American Details →	PHX 20:25 → PDX 23:08AA 561	1h 37m Portland	PDX 00:45 → DFW 06:33 +1AA 1460	8h 08m	91%	80%
American Details →	PHX 08:35 → ABQ 10:56AA 1348	2h 29m Albuquerque	ABQ 13:25 → DFW 16:20AA 3374 · flown by Envoy	5h 45m	99%	79%
American Details →	PHX 21:51 → MCO 05:00AA 563	1h 30m Orlando	MCO 06:30 → DFW 08:29 +1AA 2975	8h 38m	91%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHX 12:30 → SAT 16:42AA 2497	53m San Antonio	SAT 17:35 → DFW 18:59AA 3311	4h 29m	73%	41%
United Details →	PHX 07:24 → SFO 09:27UA 2209	58m San Francisco	SFO 10:25 → DFW 16:08UA 2842	6h 44m	56%	34%
American Details →	PHX 14:16 → SAN 15:26AA 2470	1h 06m San Diego	SAN 16:32 → DFW 21:49AA 2485	5h 33m	67%	25%

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

SLC · 1h 10m · leaves 06:00 2%

ABQ · 1h 17m · leaves 08:35 3%

LAS · 1h 10m · leaves 10:24 6%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 47m · leaves 16:48 39%

FAT · 52m · leaves 21:31 52%

SFO · 56m · leaves 14:05 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.


Southwest WN 2563 PHX 06:05 → MCI American AA 3661 MCI 12:16 → DFW Connection details →	1h 41m	6h 01m	97%	90%
Southwest WN 3259 PHX 05:15 → DEN United UA 355 DEN 09:40 → DFW Connection details →	1h 40m	5h 33m	96%	90%
Southwest WN 3347 PHX 07:00 → SNA American AA 2680 SNA 10:25 → DFW Connection details →	2h 05m	6h 39m	100%	87%

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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