Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 88% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	PHX	PAE	3h 07m	89%	0.9%	646	Flying now
Frontier	PHX	PAE	3h 10m	73%few flights	0.0%	33	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Alaska Details →	PHX 07:00 → PDX 09:43AS 511	1h 09m Portland	PDX 10:52 → PAE 11:53AS 2126 · flown by Horizon	4h 53m	94%	84%
Alaska Details →	PHX 15:13 → SAN 16:35AS 2028 · flown by Horizon	2h 25m San Diego	SAN 19:00 → PAE 22:00AS 2189 · flown by Horizon	6h 47m	96%	65%

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

PDX · 1h 09m · leaves 07:00 6%

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 611 PHX 14:50 → LAS Alaska AS 366 LAS 19:50 → PAE Connection details →	3h 50m	7h 40m	96%	77%
Delta DL 4119 PHX 10:35 → LAX Alaska AS 2279 LAX 15:53 → PAE Connection details →	3h 42m	8h 01m	100%	75%
American AA 2659 PHX 14:15 → SNA Alaska AS 2116 SNA 18:56 → PAE Connection details →	3h 23m	7h 25m	90%	71%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

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