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 75-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 12 pm and 16% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	SFO	MSO	2h 23m	71%	0.0%	131	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	SFO 05:50 → SLC 08:42DL 1331	2h 11m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:53 → MSO 12:37DL 4112 · flown by SkyWest	5h 47m	99%	91%
United Details →	SFO 05:00 → DEN 08:35UA 1479	2h 40m Denver	DEN 11:15 → MSO 13:19UA 1342	7h 19m	99%	91%
Delta Details →	SFO 09:55 → SLC 12:44DL 920	3h 26m Salt Lake City	SLC 16:10 → MSO 17:49DL 3808 · flown by SkyWest	6h 54m	99%	88%
United Details →	SFO 00:50 → ORD 07:16UA 1850	1h 24m Chicago	ORD 08:40 → MSO 11:32UA 1180	9h 42m	94%	88%
United Details →	SFO 08:31 → DEN 12:22UA 2348	1h 38m Denver	DEN 14:00 → MSO 16:20UA 4783 · flown by SkyWest	6h 49m	96%	82%
Delta Details →	SFO 06:00 → MSP 11:35DL 2178	1h 15m Minneapolis	MSP 12:50 → MSO 14:39DL 362	7h 39m	96%	82%
Delta Details →	SFO 17:07 → SLC 20:02DL 1088	2h 53m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:55 → MSO 00:28 +1DL 1723	6h 21m	97%	79%
United Details →	SFO 16:25 → LAX 18:05UA 1754	2h 15m Los Angeles	LAX 20:20 → MSO 23:56UA 5370 · flown by SkyWest	6h 31m	95%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SFO 15:26 → MSP 21:04DL 2159	49m Minneapolis	MSP 21:53 → MSO 23:44DL 2610	7h 18m	68%	51%
Alaska Details →	SFO 10:18 → SEA 12:27AS 656	1h 11m Seattle	SEA 13:38 → MSO 16:09AS 697	4h 51m	62%	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.

Morning

MSP · 1h 15m · leaves 06:00 4%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 19m · leaves 14:20 16%

MSP · 49m · leaves 15:26 32%

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