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 90-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 7 am and 31% of the time at 3 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	SBA	LAX	1h 03m	89%	1.0%	687	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.


Delta Details →	SBA 16:50 → SLC 19:57DL 3853 · flown by SkyWest	2h 48m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → LAX 23:46DL 2014	6h 56m	99%	95%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	SBA 05:50 → SLC 08:53DL 4069 · flown by SkyWest	2h 27m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:20 → LAX 12:15WN 3746	6h 25m	100%	93%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	SBA 05:05 → LAS 06:30WN 4422	3h 34m Las Vegas	LAS 10:04 → LAX 11:24AA 6425 · flown by SkyWest	6h 19m	100%	93%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SBA 06:00 → PHX 07:36AA 1640	2h 30m Phoenix	PHX 10:06 → LAX 11:31UA 2487	5h 31m	99%	88%
United Details →	SBA 05:00 → DEN 08:27UA 2865	1h 35m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	6h 34m	96%	87%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SBA 06:05 → DEN 09:20WN 4125	2h 25m Denver	DEN 11:45 → LAX 13:17UA 1013	7h 12m	98%	85%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	SBA 09:40 → LAS 10:55WN 3601	2h 48m Las Vegas	LAS 13:43 → LAX 15:07F9 2263	5h 25m	97%	85%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SBA 06:15 → SFO 07:25UA 2340	1h 55m San Francisco	SFO 09:20 → LAX 10:53DL 1421	4h 38m	97%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SBA 13:58 → SFO 15:08UA 2305	1h 17m San Francisco	SFO 16:25 → LAX 18:05UA 1754	4h 07m	69%	50%
United Details →	SBA 09:59 → SFO 11:25UA 4715 · flown by SkyWest	50m San Francisco	SFO 12:15 → LAX 13:55UA 1506	3h 56m	27%	19%
United Details →	SBA 20:24 → SFO 21:50UA 5704 · flown by SkyWest	47m San Francisco	SFO 22:37 → LAX 00:19 +1UA 2179	3h 55m	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

SLC · 47m · leaves 05:50 1%

PDX · 1h 00m · leaves 07:34 8%

SFO · 50m · leaves 09:59 73%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 1h 18m · leaves 12:45 2%

PDX · 48m · leaves 14:39 50%

SFO · 47m · leaves 20:24 89%

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