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 2% of the time at 9 am and 23% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Alaska	SAN	DFW	3h 14m	80%	0.5%	202	Flying now
Frontier	SAN	DFW	3h 29m	79%	1.6%	254	Flying now
American	SAN	DFW	3h 09m	77%	2.9%	3,212	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	SAN 06:20 → PHX 07:54AA 625	2h 37m Phoenix	PHX 10:31 → DFW 15:10AA 3284	6h 50m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	SAN 10:50 → LAX 12:12DL 3716 · flown by SkyWest	1h 38m Los Angeles	LAX 13:50 → DFW 19:04DL 948	6h 14m	98%	84%
United Details →	SAN 22:25 → ORD 04:36UA 1457	2h 39m Chicago	ORD 07:15 → DFW 09:58 +1UA 539	9h 33m	98%	79%
United Details →	SAN 18:27 → SFO 20:07UA 1302	3h 52m San Francisco	SFO 23:59 → DFW 05:45 +1UA 1722	9h 18m	100%	79%
Alaska Details →	SAN 06:50 → PDX 09:29AS 399	1h 16m Portland	PDX 10:45 → DFW 16:42AS 392	7h 52m	98%	78%
Alaska Details →	SAN 17:35 → SEA 20:35AS 417	2h 28m Seattle	SEA 23:03 → DFW 05:02 +1AS 542	9h 27m	98%	78%
American Details →	SAN 22:28 → CLT 06:15AA 2468	1h 25m Charlotte	CLT 07:40 → DFW 09:36 +1AA 1707	9h 07m	97%	76%
Delta Details →	SAN 22:30 → ATL 05:50DL 819	1h 50m Atlanta	ATL 07:40 → DFW 09:00 +1DL 839	8h 29m	99%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SAN 10:43 → ATL 18:12DL 725	47m Atlanta	ATL 18:59 → DFW 20:18DL 436	7h 36m	72%	46%
American Details →	SAN 12:46 → PHX 14:16AA 2477	59m Phoenix	PHX 15:15 → DFW 19:53AA 2113	5h 07m	72%	38%
American Details →	SAN 16:23 → PHX 17:49AA 2470	1h 11m Phoenix	PHX 19:00 → DFW 23:25AA 633	5h 02m	64%	34%

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

PDX · 1h 16m · leaves 06:50 2%

ORD · 53m · leaves 22:45 13%

PHX · 1h 10m · leaves 09:41 15%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 06m · leaves 15:10 28%

SEA · 58m · leaves 13:59 31%

PHX · 1h 11m · leaves 16:23 36%

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 3477 SAN 19:50 → AUS American AA 2563 AUS 05:01 → DFW Connection details →	3h 51m	8h 22m	100%	90%
Southwest WN 281 SAN 06:30 → AUS American AA 4095 AUS 13:56 → DFW Connection details →	2h 21m	6h 40m	98%	86%
Delta DL 4087 SAN 19:56 → LAX American AA 971 LAX 00:31 → DFW Connection details →	3h 17m	7h 45m	99%	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