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 85% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	RDM	LAX	2h 20m	87%	1.7%	474	Flying now
United	RDM	LAX	2h 28m	82%	0.8%	369	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	RDM 13:48 → PHX 16:16AA 3770 · flown by Envoy	2h 38m Phoenix	PHX 18:54 → LAX 20:31UA 4722 · flown by SkyWest	6h 43m	98%	95%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	RDM 05:30 → PHX 07:57AA 3773 · flown by Envoy	2h 09m Phoenix	PHX 10:06 → LAX 11:31UA 2487	6h 01m	100%	89%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	RDM 16:00 → PDX 16:50AS 2167 · flown by Horizon	3h 40m Portland	PDX 20:30 → LAX 23:00DL 2459	7h 00m	100%	89%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	RDM 05:20 → SLC 08:07DL 4004 · flown by SkyWest	3h 13m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:20 → LAX 12:15WN 3746	6h 55m	95%	88%
United Details →	RDM 05:00 → DEN 08:28UA 1188	1h 34m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	6h 34m	94%	85%
Alaska Details →	RDM 09:44 → SEA 10:57AS 2076 · flown by Horizon	1h 41m Seattle	SEA 12:38 → LAX 15:25AS 502	5h 41m	96%	84%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	RDM 13:25 → SEA 14:55DL 3735 · flown by SkyWest	2h 09m Seattle	SEA 17:04 → LAX 19:53UA 1730	6h 28m	95%	82%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	RDM 06:00 → SEA 07:14AS 3026 · flown by SkyWest	2h 51m Seattle	SEA 10:05 → LAX 12:54DL 2769	6h 54m	98%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	RDM 16:00 → PDX 16:50AS 2167 · flown by Horizon	47m Portland	PDX 17:37 → LAX 20:09AS 278	4h 09m	68%	59%
Alaska Details →	RDM 13:48 → SEA 14:59AS 2400 · flown by Horizon	1h 00m Seattle	SEA 15:59 → LAX 18:44AS 1300	4h 56m	71%	52%
United Details →	RDM 13:49 → SFO 15:32UA 2262	53m San Francisco	SFO 16:25 → LAX 18:05UA 1754	4h 16m	43%	32%

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

SFO · 1h 17m · leaves 05:55 4%

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 1h 05m · leaves 17:49 32%

PDX · 47m · leaves 16:00 32%

SFO · 53m · leaves 13:49 57%

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