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 6% of the time at 10 am and 30% of the time at 4 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	PHX	SNA	1h 25m	88%	1.1%	285	Flying now
Southwest	PHX	SNA	1h 20m	80%	0.5%	2,430	Flying now
American	PHX	SNA	1h 28m	79%	0.4%	1,923	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	PHX 05:20 → SMF 07:15WN 3343	1h 45m Sacramento	SMF 09:00 → SNA 10:30WN 3329	5h 10m	100%	96%
Southwest Details →	PHX 09:40 → SJC 11:35WN 3336	1h 25m San Jose	SJC 13:00 → SNA 14:25WN 397	4h 45m	100%	90%
United Details →	PHX 06:00 → DEN 08:52UA 337	2h 28m Denver	DEN 11:20 → SNA 12:51UA 1320	6h 51m	99%	86%
Southwest Details →	PHX 05:15 → OAK 07:10WN 4838	1h 20m Oakland	OAK 08:30 → SNA 10:00WN 4927	4h 45m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	PHX 07:45 → OAK 09:45WN 3303	2h 20m Oakland	OAK 12:05 → SNA 13:35WN 3086	5h 50m	100%	82%
Southwest Details →	PHX 06:40 → LAS 07:50WN 3039	1h 25m Las Vegas	LAS 09:15 → SNA 10:25WN 187	3h 45m	100%	82%
Frontier Details →	PHX 07:45 → LAS 08:51F9 1019	2h 26m Las Vegas	LAS 11:17 → SNA 12:34F9 1699	4h 49m	96%	82%
Delta Details →	PHX 09:45 → SLC 12:23DL 1447	2h 52m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:15 → SNA 16:11DL 1277	6h 26m	100%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PHX 13:16 → SFO 15:19UA 1427	1h 11m San Francisco	SFO 16:30 → SNA 18:22UA 5650 · flown by SkyWest	5h 06m	66%	47%
Frontier Details →	PHX 14:02 → SFO 16:21F9 1191	1h 05m San Francisco	SFO 17:26 → SNA 19:14F9 3582	5h 12m	70%	44%
United Details →	PHX 07:24 → SFO 09:27UA 2209	56m San Francisco	SFO 10:23 → SNA 12:06UA 643	4h 42m	51%	42%

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

DFW · 1h 08m · leaves 05:10 6%

PDX · 55m · leaves 07:00 14%

SFO · 56m · leaves 07:24 49%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 03m · leaves 13:35 27%

SFO · 1h 11m · leaves 13:16 34%

LAS · 55m · leaves 16:00 61%

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 1320 DEN 11:20 → SNA Connection details →	2h 20m	6h 36m	100%	88%
Southwest WN 2336 PHX 07:30 → LAS Frontier F9 1699 LAS 11:17 → SNA Connection details →	2h 37m	5h 04m	100%	87%
Southwest WN 1382 PHX 13:15 → LAS Delta DL 4179 LAS 18:06 → SNA Connection details →	3h 41m	6h 13m	98%	86%

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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