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 3% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 5 at 4 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	SFO	ABQ	2h 36m	83%	0.4%	714	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Albuquerque on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Albuquerque is 1 h ahead of San Francisco). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SFO 08:40 → SLC 11:49UA 5605 · flown by SkyWest	2h 21m Salt Lake City	SLC 14:10 → ABQ 16:00DL 3820 · flown by SkyWest	6h 20m	100%	95%
Delta Details →	SFO 05:50 → SLC 08:42DL 1331	1h 14m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:56 → ABQ 11:45DL 4084 · flown by SkyWest	4h 55m	97%	92%
Southwest Details →	SFO 05:30 → PHX 07:30WN 4145	2h 45m Phoenix	PHX 10:15 → ABQ 12:30WN 106	6h 00m	100%	89%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SFO 13:56 → SLC 16:55UA 2017	3h 50m Salt Lake City	SLC 20:45 → ABQ 22:35DL 3729 · flown by SkyWest	7h 39m	97%	87%
Southwest Details →	SFO 05:00 → LAS 06:35WN 4231	1h 00m Las Vegas	LAS 07:35 → ABQ 10:10WN 3318	4h 10m	90%	87%
Frontier + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SFO 15:26 → LAX 17:07F9 3308	3h 40m Los Angeles	LAX 20:47 → ABQ 23:48DL 4098 · flown by SkyWest	7h 24m	95%	85%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SFO 10:19 → LAX 11:57UA 2367	3h 03m Los Angeles	LAX 15:00 → ABQ 18:05DL 4091 · flown by SkyWest	6h 46m	100%	85%
Southwest Details →	SFO 05:10 → DEN 08:40WN 1424	2h 40m Denver	DEN 11:20 → ABQ 12:40WN 170	6h 30m	100%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SFO 11:24 → DFW 17:14AA 1849	1h 30m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:44 → ABQ 19:37AA 2698	7h 13m	72%	39%
American Details →	SFO 18:55 → PHX 21:00AA 2544	46m Phoenix	PHX 21:46 → ABQ 23:59AA 3159	4h 04m	48%	32%
Southwest Details →	SFO 15:10 → DAL 20:45WN 1859	1h 05m Dallas	DAL 21:50 → ABQ 22:40WN 1255	6h 25m	27%	14%

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 14m · leaves 05:50 3%

IAH · 1h 09m · leaves 05:00 3%

LAS · 1h 00m · leaves 05:00 10%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 1h 10m · leaves 13:20 21%

PHX · 46m · leaves 18:55 52%

DAL · 1h 05m · leaves 15:10 73%

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