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 3% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 3 at 10 pm.

Nonstops


United	PHX	LAX	1h 37m	91%	1.0%	1,337	Flying now
Delta	PHX	LAX	1h 35m	90%	0.6%	1,721	Flying now
Frontier	PHX	LAX	1h 31m	84%	1.2%	499	Flying now
American	PHX	LAX	1h 30m	82%	0.5%	2,066	Flying now
Southwest	PHX	LAX	1h 30m	72%	0.4%	1,983	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	PHX 17:05 → SLC 19:43DL 1738	3h 02m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → LAX 23:46DL 2014	6h 41m	98%	94%
Southwest Details →	PHX 05:15 → OAK 07:10WN 4838	2h 05m Oakland	OAK 09:15 → LAX 10:40WN 4903	5h 25m	100%	94%
Southwest Details →	PHX 07:45 → SLC 10:25WN 3339	55m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:20 → LAX 12:15WN 3746	4h 30m	96%	91%
Delta Details →	PHX 06:00 → SLC 08:40DL 1535	1h 00m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:40 → LAX 10:42DL 1095	4h 42m	97%	89%
Southwest Details →	PHX 05:15 → DEN 08:00WN 3259	1h 35m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569	5h 50m	98%	89%
American Details →	PHX 08:33 → OKC 13:04AA 6277 · flown by SkyWest	1h 18m Oklahoma City	OKC 14:22 → LAX 15:39AA 6272 · flown by SkyWest	7h 06m	90%	87%
United Details →	PHX 06:00 → DEN 08:52UA 337	1h 10m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	5h 34m	95%	86%
American Details →	PHX 07:45 → LAS 08:57AA 2004	1h 07m Las Vegas	LAS 10:04 → LAX 11:24AA 6425 · flown by SkyWest	3h 39m	92%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHX 15:25 → AUS 19:43AA 2892	1h 00m Austin	AUS 20:43 → LAX 21:56AA 1291	6h 31m	70%	50%
American Details →	PHX 15:56 → TUS 16:50AA 6368 · flown by SkyWest	50m Tucson	TUS 17:40 → LAX 19:22AA 6372 · flown by SkyWest	3h 26m	51%	39%
American Details →	PHX 15:15 → DFW 19:53AA 2113	56m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:49 → LAX 22:03AA 1084	6h 48m	50%	20%

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

LAS · 1h 10m · leaves 06:40 2%

SLC · 1h 00m · leaves 06:00 3%

ABQ · 1h 09m · leaves 08:35 4%

Afternoon and evening

TUS · 50m · leaves 15:56 49%

DFW · 56m · leaves 15:15 50%

OAK · 52m · leaves 17:30 56%

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.


American AA 6354 PHX 13:35 → SMF United UA 5628 SMF 18:47 → LAX Connection details →	3h 04m	7h 04m	98%	95%
American AA 6367 PHX 08:39 → TUS Delta DL 3744 TUS 12:27 → LAX Connection details →	2h 47m	5h 36m	97%	95%
Delta DL 1535 PHX 06:00 → SLC Southwest WN 3746 SLC 11:20 → LAX Connection details →	2h 40m	6h 15m	99%	93%

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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