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 4% of the time at 7 am and 44% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	PIT	LAX	5h 12m	86%	0.0%	125	Flying now
American	PIT	LAX	5h 08m	79%	0.7%	300	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 3 h behind Pittsburgh). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	PIT 17:40 → SLC 19:49DL 1188	2h 56m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → LAX 23:46DL 2014	9h 06m	100%	94%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PIT 07:15 → LAS 08:50WN 4350	1h 55m Las Vegas	LAS 10:45 → LAX 12:05UA 203	7h 50m	98%	92%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PIT 05:32 → DEN 06:55WN 3368	3h 07m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	9h 02m	98%	89%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PIT 05:10 → MCO 07:30WN 3374	2h 15m Orlando	MCO 09:45 → LAX 11:59DL 504	9h 49m	98%	89%
United Details →	PIT 08:30 → DEN 09:59UA 1765	3h 27m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	9h 27m	99%	89%
Alaska Details →	PIT 07:30 → SEA 09:49AS 78	2h 49m Seattle	SEA 12:38 → LAX 15:25AS 502	10h 55m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	PIT 07:00 → ATL 08:49DL 1383	2h 41m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326	9h 08m	98%	88%
United Details →	PIT 10:30 → IAD 11:42UA 6184 · flown by Mesa	3h 33m Dulles	IAD 15:15 → LAX 17:47UA 684	10h 17m	100%	87%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	PIT 17:40 → SLC 19:49DL 1188	51m Salt Lake City	SLC 20:40 → LAX 21:45DL 1142	7h 05m	66%	49%
Delta Details →	PIT 06:30 → DTW 07:44DL 5319 · flown by Endeavor	46m Detroit	DTW 08:30 → LAX 10:20DL 523	6h 50m	69%	49%
United Details →	PIT 14:10 → ORD 14:55UA 2180	52m Chicago	ORD 15:47 → LAX 18:20UA 576	7h 10m	67%	49%

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

EWR · 1h 17m · leaves 09:12 3%

IAD · 57m · leaves 06:06 4%

ORD · 1h 20m · leaves 09:50 4%

Afternoon and evening

SFO · 1h 04m · leaves 17:23 49%

STL · 55m · leaves 20:15 54%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 18:40 67%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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