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

No clear winner: Alaska’s SBA → SEA flights land within a few points of 83% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	SBA	SEA	2h 41m	83%	1.3%	532	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Seattle 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 → SEA 23:59DL 2998	7h 09m	99%	90%
Delta Details →	SBA 05:50 → SLC 08:53DL 4069 · flown by SkyWest	2h 42m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:35 → SEA 12:52DL 2995	7h 02m	100%	88%
Alaska Details →	SBA 07:34 → PDX 09:45AS 2178 · flown by Horizon	2h 18m Portland	PDX 12:03 → SEA 13:03AS 3078 · flown by SkyWest	5h 29m	97%	81%
Delta Details →	SBA 12:45 → SLC 15:52DL 3841 · flown by SkyWest	1h 28m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:20 → SEA 18:36DL 871	5h 51m	99%	80%
Southwest Details →	SBA 05:05 → LAS 06:30WN 4422	1h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 07:40 → SEA 10:25WN 739	5h 20m	98%	73%
Alaska Details →	SBA 13:42 → SAN 14:47AS 2176 · flown by Horizon	3h 48m San Diego	SAN 18:35 → SEA 21:35AS 1431	7h 53m	100%	73%
United Details →	SBA 13:58 → SFO 15:08UA 2305	3h 20m San Francisco	SFO 18:28 → SEA 20:53UA 1577	6h 55m	96%	66%
United Details →	SBA 16:03 → SFO 17:29UA 5256 · flown by SkyWest	3h 25m San Francisco	SFO 20:54 → SEA 23:19UA 1007	7h 16m	100%	64%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SBA 13:58 → SFO 15:08UA 2305	1h 19m San Francisco	SFO 16:27 → SEA 18:47UA 2279	4h 49m	70%	53%
United Details →	SBA 16:03 → SFO 17:29UA 5256 · flown by SkyWest	59m San Francisco	SFO 18:28 → SEA 20:53UA 1577	4h 50m	74%	50%
United Details →	SBA 20:24 → SFO 21:50UA 5704 · flown by SkyWest	1h 09m San Francisco	SFO 22:59 → SEA 01:29 +1UA 5579 · flown by SkyWest	5h 05m	31%	22%

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

LAS · 1h 10m · leaves 05:05 2%

PDX · 50m · leaves 07:34 10%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 47m · leaves 16:50 13%

SMF · 50m · leaves 19:50 26%

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.


United UA 4649 SBA 06:00 → LAX Delta DL 1714 LAX 09:40 → SEA Connection details →	2h 37m	6h 34m	95%	87%
Southwest WN 3601 SBA 09:40 → LAS Delta DL 2905 LAS 13:35 → SEA Connection details →	2h 40m	6h 43m	97%	86%
Delta DL 4069 SBA 05:50 → SLC Alaska AS 796 SLC 11:17 → SEA Connection details →	2h 24m	6h 40m	100%	85%

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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