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 50-minute layover misses 16% of the time at 9 am and barely half the time at 4 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	RNO	ORD	3h 59m	80%	2.2%	363	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Chicago on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Chicago is 2 h ahead of Reno). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	RNO 06:20 → LAS 07:40WN 4750	2h 00m Las Vegas	LAS 09:40 → ORD 15:42AA 2020	7h 22m	100%	90%
United Details →	RNO 18:35 → LAX 20:30UA 5908 · flown by SkyWest	2h 05m Los Angeles	LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51 +1UA 353	8h 16m	99%	88%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	RNO 18:20 → LAS 19:45WN 4136	3h 45m Las Vegas	LAS 23:30 → ORD 05:11 +1UA 2102	8h 51m	95%	88%
Alaska + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	RNO 17:35 → PDX 19:09AS 2127 · flown by Horizon	3h 31m Portland	PDX 22:40 → ORD 04:45 +1UA 2094	9h 10m	100%	87%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	RNO 12:40 → LAX 14:10WN 3512	2h 50m Los Angeles	LAX 17:00 → ORD 23:16UA 212	8h 36m	100%	87%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	RNO 17:15 → SAN 18:55WN 4485	3h 30m San Diego	SAN 22:25 → ORD 04:36 +1UA 1457	9h 21m	96%	86%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	RNO 19:00 → LAX 20:45DL 4126 · flown by SkyWest	2h 45m Los Angeles	LAX 23:30 → ORD 05:46 +1UA 1962	8h 46m	97%	85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	RNO 11:15 → SAN 12:50WN 3454	3h 51m San Diego	SAN 16:41 → ORD 22:59UA 2486	9h 44m	100%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	RNO 12:50 → PHX 14:34AA 2418	56m Phoenix	PHX 15:30 → ORD 21:30AA 2786	6h 42m	73%	41%
American Details →	RNO 16:21 → PHX 18:14AA 4165 · flown by Envoy	55m Phoenix	PHX 19:09 → ORD 00:51 +1AA 3137	6h 30m	61%	34%
United Details →	RNO 08:00 → SFO 09:15UA 2317	50m San Francisco	SFO 10:05 → ORD 16:38UA 1954	6h 38m	11%	8%

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 · 49m · leaves 06:00 14%

DEN · 48m · leaves 05:30 16%

ATL · 1h 09m · leaves 22:54 18%

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 1h 05m · leaves 14:46 25%

PHX · 55m · leaves 16:21 39%

SFO · 51m · leaves 14:05 52%

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