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 7% of the time at 11 am and 36% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


United	PHX	EWR	4h 44m	82%	1.7%	1,489	Flying now
American	PHX	EWR	4h 52m	77%	2.5%	991	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	PHX 15:50 → LAX 17:27UA 5718 · flown by SkyWest	3h 33m Los Angeles	LAX 21:00 → EWR 05:18 +1UA 2397	10h 28m	100%	86%
American Details →	PHX 22:00 → MIA 05:22AA 2205	3h 03m Miami	MIA 08:25 → EWR 11:30 +1AA 1822	10h 30m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	PHX 17:05 → SLC 19:43DL 1738	3h 55m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:38 → EWR 06:00 +1DL 2038	9h 50m	98%	85%
Alaska Details →	PHX 16:00 → SEA 19:06AS 289	3h 34m Seattle	SEA 22:40 → EWR 06:59 +1AS 314	11h 59m	98%	84%
United Details →	PHX 18:59 → DEN 21:54UA 1745	2h 05m Denver	DEN 23:59 → EWR 05:40 +1UA 1745	7h 41m	92%	83%
Delta Details →	PHX 23:59 → ATL 06:39DL 929	3h 24m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24 +1DL 2401	9h 25m	99%	82%
American Details →	PHX 22:48 → CLT 05:43AA 1330	2h 17m Charlotte	CLT 08:00 → EWR 09:59 +1AA 1782	8h 11m	96%	81%
United Details →	PHX 06:00 → DEN 08:52UA 337	1h 10m Denver	DEN 10:02 → EWR 16:00UA 1423	7h 00m	95%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PHX 14:45 → ORD 20:27UA 1686	1h 03m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → EWR 00:53 +1UA 1209	7h 08m	64%	42%
United Details →	PHX 13:16 → SFO 15:19UA 1427	1h 01m San Francisco	SFO 16:20 → EWR 01:10 +1UA 2626	8h 54m	55%	37%
United Details →	PHX 07:24 → SFO 09:27UA 2209	53m San Francisco	SFO 10:20 → EWR 19:03UA 713	8h 39m	46%	33%

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 10m · leaves 06:00 5%

IAH · 1h 08m · leaves 06:10 7%

DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 06:10 9%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 51m · leaves 10:06 20%

ORD · 1h 03m · leaves 14:45 36%

SFO · 1h 01m · leaves 13:16 45%

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 4508 PHX 23:05 → MCO United UA 1227 MCO 09:10 → EWR Connection details →	2h 50m	9h 48m	100%	88%
Southwest WN 4510 PHX 16:45 → SNA United UA 2186 SNA 21:15 → EWR Connection details →	3h 15m	9h 48m	100%	87%
Southwest WN 2388 PHX 15:50 → LAX United UA 2397 LAX 21:00 → EWR Connection details →	3h 50m	10h 28m	100%	86%

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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