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 70-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 8 am and 22% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


American	SAT	LAX	3h 28m	91%	0.3%	697	Flying now
Delta	SAT	LAX	3h 18m	90%	0.3%	682	Flying now
Southwest	SAT	LAX	3h 20m	74%	0.0%	337	Flying now
Spirit	SAT	LAX	3h 24m	84%	3.1%	130	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

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 2 h behind San Antonio). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	SAT 18:03 → SLC 20:00DL 2685	2h 45m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → LAX 23:46DL 2014	7h 43m	98%	94%
Southwest Details →	SAT 05:25 → DEN 06:38WN 1471	2h 57m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569	7h 40m	100%	91%
United Details →	SAT 05:40 → DEN 06:57UA 1464	3h 05m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	7h 54m	99%	90%
Delta Details →	SAT 06:40 → ATL 10:06DL 1066	1h 24m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326	8h 28m	97%	89%
Delta Details →	SAT 06:30 → SLC 08:24DL 2592	1h 16m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:40 → LAX 10:42DL 1095	6h 12m	96%	88%
United Details →	SAT 08:53 → DEN 10:11UA 2853	3h 15m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	8h 04m	97%	86%
United Details →	SAT 05:30 → IAH 06:37UA 469	3h 16m Houston	IAH 09:53 → LAX 11:30UA 469	8h 00m	99%	86%
United Details →	SAT 11:43 → IAH 12:55UA 6278 · flown by Mesa	1h 59m Houston	IAH 14:54 → LAX 16:27UA 1945	6h 44m	97%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SAT 13:39 → DEN 14:55UA 1007	48m Denver	DEN 15:43 → LAX 17:15UA 1195	5h 36m	71%	60%
American Details →	SAT 11:04 → DFW 12:21AA 413	50m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 13:11 → LAX 14:20AA 3334	5h 16m	60%	44%
Southwest Details →	SAT 18:30 → DEN 20:00WN 3568	1h 05m Denver	DEN 21:05 → LAX 22:40WN 3110	6h 05m	53%	21%

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 16m · leaves 06:30 4%

DEN · 1h 03m · leaves 05:40 7%

PHX · 1h 20m · leaves 08:41 7%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 18:30 47%

IAH · 46m · leaves 17:57 54%

DFW · 47m · leaves 20:23 60%

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 1432 SAT 11:00 → MCI United UA 5489 MCI 16:26 → LAX Connection details →	3h 31m	9h 10m	100%	97%
Southwest WN 1662 SAT 05:50 → LAS American AA 6425 LAS 10:04 → LAX Connection details →	3h 34m	7h 34m	100%	93%
Southwest WN 3565 SAT 05:45 → DEN United UA 405 DEN 10:02 → LAX Connection details →	3h 02m	7h 49m	100%	91%

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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