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

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHX	LIT	2h 57m	78%	0.7%	301	Flying now
Southwest	PHX	LIT	–	60%few flights	0.0%	5	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	PHX 23:59 → ATL 06:39DL 929	3h 52m Atlanta	ATL 10:31 → LIT 11:07 +1DL 3040	9h 08m	99%	90%
American Details →	PHX 00:50 → ORD 06:25AA 1148	1h 35m Chicago	ORD 08:00 → LIT 09:59AA 3625 · flown by Envoy	7h 09m	89%	81%
United Details →	PHX 09:08 → DEN 12:00UA 597	1h 20m Denver	DEN 13:20 → LIT 16:42UA 5760 · flown by SkyWest	5h 34m	92%	80%
American Details →	PHX 00:36 → DFW 05:09AA 1818	2h 03m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 07:12 → LIT 08:35AA 3628 · flown by Envoy	5h 59m	96%	80%
Delta Details →	PHX 13:22 → ATL 20:15DL 796	2h 50m Atlanta	ATL 23:05 → LIT 23:41DL 2083	8h 21m	96%	80%
Delta Details →	PHX 05:45 → ATL 12:27DL 918	2h 13m Atlanta	ATL 14:40 → LIT 15:17DL 3027	7h 31m	99%	78%
American Details →	PHX 13:35 → DFW 18:12AA 1079	3h 52m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:04 → LIT 23:23AA 3362 · flown by Envoy	7h 48m	99%	78%
American Details →	PHX 10:06 → CLT 17:30AA 1678	2h 55m Charlotte	CLT 20:25 → LIT 21:40AA 3692 · flown by Envoy	9h 32m	100%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHX 15:15 → DFW 19:53AA 2113	1h 18m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:11 → LIT 22:35AA 4079 · flown by Envoy	5h 20m	71%	52%
United Details →	PHX 13:31 → DEN 16:27UA 1615	58m Denver	DEN 17:25 → LIT 20:37UA 1282	5h 06m	73%	50%
American Details →	PHX 10:15 → ORD 16:12AA 2252	47m Chicago	ORD 16:59 → LIT 19:01AA 4062 · flown by Envoy	6h 44m	67%	46%

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

IAH · 1h 03m · leaves 06:10 8%

DFW · 1h 14m · leaves 06:10 8%

ORD · 51m · leaves 05:14 12%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 58m · leaves 13:31 27%

DFW · 1h 18m · leaves 15:15 29%

ORD · 1h 03m · leaves 14:45 36%

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 1376 PHX 06:40 → DEN United UA 5760 DEN 13:20 → LIT Connection details →	3h 43m	8h 02m	98%	86%
Southwest WN 3259 PHX 05:15 → DEN United UA 5369 DEN 09:35 → LIT Connection details →	1h 35m	5h 39m	96%	85%
United UA 597 PHX 09:08 → DEN Frontier F9 4776 DEN 15:50 → LIT Connection details →	3h 50m	7h 53m	99%	75%

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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