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 1 time in 10 at 10 am and 36% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHX	RAP	2h 40m	79%	0.0%	58	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Rapid City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Rapid City is 1 h ahead of Phoenix). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	PHX 05:14 → ORD 11:00AA 3008	2h 20m Chicago	ORD 13:20 → RAP 14:55AA 3767 · flown by Envoy	8h 41m	99%	89%
United Details →	PHX 06:00 → DEN 08:52UA 337	2h 23m Denver	DEN 11:15 → RAP 12:29UA 1623	5h 29m	99%	86%
American Details →	PHX 00:36 → DFW 05:09AA 1818	3h 11m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:20 → RAP 09:47AA 3768 · flown by Envoy	8h 11m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	PHX 06:50 → MSP 11:55DL 2553	1h 36m Minneapolis	MSP 13:31 → RAP 14:19DL 3967 · flown by SkyWest	6h 29m	97%	80%
American Details →	PHX 07:30 → DFW 12:06AA 1139	2h 52m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 14:58 → RAP 16:20AA 3762 · flown by Envoy	7h 50m	99%	77%
United Details →	PHX 09:08 → DEN 12:00UA 597	3h 43m Denver	DEN 15:43 → RAP 17:12UA 5490 · flown by SkyWest	7h 04m	99%	76%
American Details →	PHX 12:19 → DFW 16:55AA 1648	3h 08m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:03 → RAP 21:32AA 3567 · flown by Envoy	8h 13m	97%	70%
Delta Details →	PHX 13:51 → MSP 19:00DL 2274	2h 54m Minneapolis	MSP 21:54 → RAP 22:37DL 3714 · flown by SkyWest	7h 46m	95%	69%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PHX 14:45 → ORD 20:27UA 1686	1h 03m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → RAP 23:16UA 5331 · flown by SkyWest	7h 31m	64%	39%

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 13m · leaves 06:00 5%

DFW · 58m · leaves 05:10 10%

Afternoon and evening

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.


Southwest WN 1706 PHX 06:15 → DEN United UA 1623 DEN 11:15 → RAP Connection details →	2h 15m	5h 14m	100%	88%
Southwest WN 3259 PHX 05:15 → DEN United UA 4674 DEN 10:05 → RAP Connection details →	2h 05m	5h 15m	98%	79%
Frontier F9 1376 PHX 06:40 → DEN United UA 5556 DEN 13:25 → RAP Connection details →	3h 48m	7h 06m	99%	78%

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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