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 11 am and 44% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


United	PSP	DEN	2h 14m	84%	0.9%	1,446	Flying now
Southwest	PSP	DEN	2h 05m	79%	0.6%	542	Flying now
Frontier	PSP	DEN	2h 15m	85%few flights	0.0%	39	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	PSP 07:26 → LAX 08:30UA 5542 · flown by SkyWest	2h 25m Los Angeles	LAX 10:55 → DEN 14:27UA 2061	6h 01m	100%	90%
United Details →	PSP 14:37 → SFO 16:18UA 5946 · flown by SkyWest	2h 38m San Francisco	SFO 18:56 → DEN 22:44UA 2436	7h 07m	95%	84%
United Details →	PSP 16:07 → SFO 17:50UA 4786 · flown by SkyWest	3h 10m San Francisco	SFO 21:00 → DEN 00:47 +1UA 301	7h 40m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	PSP 06:09 → SLC 08:55DL 4030 · flown by SkyWest	1h 20m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:15 → DEN 11:53DL 1553	4h 44m	99%	82%
United Details →	PSP 11:09 → SFO 12:52UA 5660 · flown by SkyWest	3h 18m San Francisco	SFO 16:10 → DEN 20:01UA 1430	7h 52m	98%	77%
Delta Details →	PSP 17:10 → SLC 19:59DL 3852 · flown by SkyWest	1h 06m Salt Lake City	SLC 21:05 → DEN 22:40DL 1667	4h 30m	91%	72%
American Details →	PSP 06:01 → DFW 11:02AA 2425	2h 15m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 13:17 → DEN 14:21AA 420	7h 20m	98%	70%
Delta Details →	PSP 12:23 → SLC 15:11DL 4042 · flown by SkyWest	3h 19m Salt Lake City	SLC 18:30 → DEN 20:02DL 1586	6h 41m	99%	70%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PSP 14:37 → SFO 16:18UA 5946 · flown by SkyWest	1h 12m San Francisco	SFO 17:30 → DEN 21:28UA 1214	5h 51m	64%	52%
United Details →	PSP 18:27 → SFO 20:10UA 5631 · flown by SkyWest	50m San Francisco	SFO 21:00 → DEN 00:47 +1UA 301	5h 20m	56%	48%
American Details →	PSP 19:37 → PHX 20:52AA 2333	53m Phoenix	PHX 21:45 → DEN 00:47 +1AA 3255	4h 00m	71%	43%

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

SLC · 1h 20m · leaves 06:09 1%

SEA · 1h 04m · leaves 07:44 9%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 1h 06m · leaves 17:10 9%

PHX · 53m · leaves 19:37 29%

SFO · 50m · leaves 18:27 44%

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.


Delta DL 4030 PSP 06:09 → SLC United UA 2004 SLC 10:39 → DEN Connection details →	1h 44m	5h 15m	98%	88%
Alaska AS 3284 PSP 07:44 → SEA United UA 1351 SEA 12:50 → DEN Connection details →	2h 10m	7h 58m	95%	84%
Alaska AS 3080 PSP 15:51 → SFO United UA 301 SFO 21:00 → DEN Connection details →	3h 32m	7h 56m	96%	82%

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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