Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Southwest’s SBA → LAS flights land within a few points of 87% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	SBA	LAS	1h 15m	87%	0.6%	885	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Las Vegas on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	SBA 06:00 → PHX 07:36AA 1640	2h 48m Phoenix	PHX 10:24 → LAS 11:37AA 2037	5h 37m	99%	89%
United Details →	SBA 06:00 → LAX 07:03UA 4649 · flown by SkyWest	1h 17m Los Angeles	LAX 08:20 → LAS 09:42UA 1006	3h 42m	94%	85%
United Details →	SBA 18:18 → LAX 19:32UA 5647 · flown by SkyWest	3h 27m Los Angeles	LAX 22:59 → LAS 00:21 +1UA 1546	6h 03m	100%	83%
Southwest Details →	SBA 06:05 → DEN 09:20WN 4125	1h 40m Denver	DEN 11:00 → LAS 11:55WN 1561	5h 50m	98%	82%
United Details →	SBA 05:00 → DEN 08:27UA 2865	2h 55m Denver	DEN 11:22 → LAS 12:24UA 526	7h 24m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	SBA 16:50 → SLC 19:57DL 3853 · flown by SkyWest	3h 17m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:14 → LAS 23:40DL 1662	6h 54m	99%	79%
United Details →	SBA 06:15 → SFO 07:25UA 2340	3h 17m San Francisco	SFO 10:42 → LAS 12:28UA 611	6h 13m	99%	79%
United Details →	SBA 16:03 → SFO 17:29UA 5256 · flown by SkyWest	2h 08m San Francisco	SFO 19:37 → LAS 21:27UA 1995	5h 24m	97%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	SBA 14:39 → PDX 16:49AS 2318 · flown by Horizon	1h 01m Portland	PDX 17:50 → LAS 20:12AS 531	5h 33m	70%	56%
United Details →	SBA 20:24 → SFO 21:50UA 5704 · flown by SkyWest	1h 09m San Francisco	SFO 22:59 → LAS 00:46 +1UA 2839	4h 22m	31%	18%

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 06:15 2%

LAX · 1h 17m · leaves 06:00 6%

PDX · 1h 00m · leaves 07:34 8%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 17m · leaves 12:39 17%

PDX · 1h 01m · leaves 14:39 30%

SFO · 1h 09m · leaves 20:24 69%

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 4125 SBA 06:05 → DEN United UA 526 DEN 11:22 → LAS Connection details →	2h 02m	6h 19m	98%	81%
Delta DL 4069 SBA 05:50 → SLC Southwest WN 1242 SLC 11:05 → LAS Connection details →	2h 12m	5h 40m	100%	80%
United UA 2865 SBA 05:00 → DEN Southwest WN 1561 DEN 11:00 → LAS Connection details →	2h 33m	6h 55m	96%	80%

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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