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 77% on time.

Nonstops


United	SFO	BUR	1h 25m	82%	0.6%	2,166	Flying now
Southwest	SFO	BUR	1h 20m	52%	2.8%	426	Flying now
Alaska	SFO	BUR	1h 24m	76%	1.6%	612	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	SFO 05:30 → PHX 07:30WN 4145	2h 20m Phoenix	PHX 09:50 → BUR 11:15WN 4549	5h 45m	100%	95%
Southwest Details →	SFO 05:00 → LAS 06:35WN 4231	1h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 07:45 → BUR 09:00WN 3327	4h 00m	95%	95%
Delta Details →	SFO 09:55 → SLC 12:44DL 920	2h 21m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:05 → BUR 16:14DL 3693 · flown by SkyWest	6h 19m	95%	88%
United Details →	SFO 05:00 → DEN 08:35UA 1479	2h 40m Denver	DEN 11:15 → BUR 12:48UA 2154	7h 48m	99%	84%
Alaska Details →	SFO 07:20 → PDX 09:02AS 1410	1h 47m Portland	PDX 10:49 → BUR 13:13AS 1384	5h 53m	97%	84%
Alaska Details →	SFO 06:03 → SEA 08:13AS 620	1h 30m Seattle	SEA 09:43 → BUR 12:23AS 426	6h 20m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	SFO 05:50 → SLC 08:42DL 1331	2h 03m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:45 → BUR 11:57DL 3933 · flown by SkyWest	6h 07m	99%	79%
American Details →	SFO 12:18 → PHX 14:29AA 2548	2h 08m Phoenix	PHX 16:37 → BUR 18:08AA 4944 · flown by SkyWest	5h 49m	95%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SFO 14:20 → DEN 18:11UA 1596	1h 02m Denver	DEN 19:13 → BUR 20:43UA 2411	6h 23m	73%	49%
Delta Details →	SFO 17:07 → SLC 20:02DL 1088	48m Salt Lake City	SLC 20:50 → BUR 21:50DL 339	4h 43m	57%	47%
American Details →	SFO 14:03 → DFW 19:59AA 2387	47m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:46 → BUR 21:58AA 2597	7h 55m	37%	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 05:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

AUS · 1h 05m · leaves 10:10 32%

SLC · 48m · leaves 17:07 43%

DFW · 47m · leaves 14:03 63%

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 5605 SFO 08:40 → SLC Delta DL 3693 SLC 15:05 → BUR Connection details →	3h 16m	7h 34m	100%	93%
United UA 582 SFO 06:00 → LAS Southwest WN 2198 LAS 09:40 → BUR Connection details →	1h 54m	4h 55m	98%	92%
American AA 6404 SFO 05:50 → PHX Southwest WN 4549 PHX 09:50 → BUR Connection details →	1h 49m	5h 25m	93%	88%

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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