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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 86% on time.

Nonstops


American	SBA	PHX	1h 38m	86%	1.1%	1,419	Flying now
Southwest	SBA	PHX	–	83%few flights	0.0%	12	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	SBA 05:05 → LAS 06:30WN 4422	1h 25m Las Vegas	LAS 07:55 → PHX 09:15WN 209	4h 10m	98%	89%
United Details →	SBA 18:18 → LAX 19:32UA 5647 · flown by SkyWest	1h 50m Los Angeles	LAX 21:22 → PHX 22:59UA 5458 · flown by SkyWest	4h 41m	96%	88%
Delta Details →	SBA 12:45 → SLC 15:52DL 3841 · flown by SkyWest	1h 33m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:25 → PHX 18:07DL 1451	5h 22m	99%	88%
United Details →	SBA 06:00 → LAX 07:03UA 4649 · flown by SkyWest	1h 34m Los Angeles	LAX 08:37 → PHX 10:06UA 659	4h 06m	95%	88%
Delta Details →	SBA 16:50 → SLC 19:57DL 3853 · flown by SkyWest	2h 48m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → PHX 23:31DL 1496	6h 41m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	SBA 05:50 → SLC 08:53DL 4069 · flown by SkyWest	2h 37m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:30 → PHX 12:12DL 1431	6h 24m	100%	86%
United Details →	SBA 05:00 → DEN 08:27UA 2865	2h 58m Denver	DEN 11:25 → PHX 12:25UA 1686	7h 25m	99%	85%
Southwest Details →	SBA 09:40 → LAS 10:55WN 3601	1h 35m Las Vegas	LAS 12:30 → PHX 13:50WN 2311	4h 10m	94%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	SBA 14:39 → PDX 16:49AS 2318 · flown by Horizon	1h 02m Portland	PDX 17:51 → PHX 20:37AS 746	5h 58m	72%	53%
United Details →	SBA 13:58 → SFO 15:08UA 2305	1h 17m San Francisco	SFO 16:25 → PHX 18:39UA 574	4h 41m	69%	50%

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.

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 09m · leaves 12:39 17%

PDX · 1h 02m · leaves 14:39 28%

SFO · 1h 17m · leaves 13:58 31%

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 4422 SBA 05:05 → LAS American AA 2004 LAS 09:56 → PHX Connection details →	3h 26m	6h 03m	100%	92%
Delta DL 4069 SBA 05:50 → SLC American AA 6422 SLC 12:15 → PHX Connection details →	3h 22m	7h 10m	100%	87%
United UA 4649 SBA 06:00 → LAX American AA 1668 LAX 10:00 → PHX Connection details →	2h 57m	5h 28m	96%	87%

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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