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 75-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 6 am and 1 time in 5 at 9 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHX	ORD	3h 35m	79%	2.1%	2,997	Flying now
United	PHX	ORD	3h 34m	78%	0.8%	1,967	Flying now
Frontier	PHX	ORD	3h 35m	70%	4.1%	195	Not flying now
Southwest	PHX	ORD	3h 25m	62%	1.2%	428	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	PHX 17:55 → SEA 21:05AA 4307 · flown by Envoy	2h 51m Seattle	SEA 23:56 → ORD 06:02 +1AA 2881	10h 07m	100%	92%
American Details →	PHX 21:50 → JFK 05:47AA 1587	2h 10m New York	JFK 07:57 → ORD 10:05 +1AA 4450 · flown by Republic	10h 15m	97%	90%
United Details →	PHX 18:54 → LAX 20:31UA 4722 · flown by SkyWest	2h 04m Los Angeles	LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51 +1UA 353	7h 57m	98%	88%
American Details →	PHX 22:00 → MIA 05:22AA 2205	3h 06m Miami	MIA 08:28 → ORD 10:59 +1AA 1431	10h 59m	100%	87%
American Details →	PHX 21:51 → MCO 05:00AA 563	2h 51m Orlando	MCO 07:51 → ORD 09:59 +1AA 3018	10h 08m	98%	86%
American Details →	PHX 21:45 → BOS 05:45AA 2701	1h 15m Boston	BOS 07:00 → ORD 09:01 +1AA 1509	9h 16m	95%	83%
Alaska Details →	PHX 17:48 → PDX 20:30AS 662	2h 29m Portland	PDX 22:59 → ORD 05:00 +1AS 376	9h 12m	98%	83%
American Details →	PHX 20:38 → LAX 22:07AA 3204	2h 33m Los Angeles	LAX 00:40 → ORD 07:06 +1AA 2919	8h 28m	96%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHX 10:53 → SFO 12:58AA 3199	1h 38m San Francisco	SFO 14:36 → ORD 21:26AA 2550	8h 34m	54%	20%
American Details →	PHX 07:16 → SFO 09:38AA 4911 · flown by SkyWest	47m San Francisco	SFO 10:25 → ORD 16:59AA 2543	7h 38m	27%	18%
American Details →	PHX 08:49 → MIA 16:12AA 1184	48m Miami	MIA 17:00 → ORD 19:53AA 3056	9h 04m	24%	14%

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 19m · leaves 10:06 3%

BOS · 1h 15m · leaves 21:45 5%

IAH · 1h 03m · leaves 06:10 8%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 51m · leaves 12:55 57%

SAN · 48m · leaves 15:13 69%

MIA · 48m · leaves 08:49 76%

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 3459 PHX 20:32 → MCI American AA 3845 MCI 05:30 → ORD Connection details →	3h 55m	8h 59m	98%	95%
Southwest WN 2281 PHX 18:40 → LAS United UA 2102 LAS 23:30 → ORD Connection details →	3h 45m	8h 31m	100%	92%
Southwest WN 4508 PHX 23:05 → MCO United UA 2683 MCO 09:40 → ORD Connection details →	3h 20m	10h 43m	100%	92%

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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