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 85% on time.

Nonstops


Southwest	SJC	BUR	1h 10m	86%	1.2%	2,162	Flying now
Alaska	SJC	BUR	–	50%few flights	0.0%	4	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 →	SJC 06:00 → LAS 07:35WN 2280	2h 05m Las Vegas	LAS 09:40 → BUR 10:55WN 2198	4h 55m	100%	92%
Delta Details →	SJC 09:45 → SLC 12:48DL 4026 · flown by SkyWest	2h 17m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:05 → BUR 16:14DL 3693 · flown by SkyWest	6h 29m	98%	92%
Alaska Details →	SJC 14:31 → PDX 16:15AS 1633	1h 42m Portland	PDX 17:57 → BUR 20:18AS 559	5h 47m	100%	89%
Alaska Details →	SJC 08:00 → PDX 09:44AS 679	1h 05m Portland	PDX 10:49 → BUR 13:13AS 1384	5h 13m	100%	87%
Alaska Details →	SJC 09:46 → PDX 11:31AS 2256 · flown by Horizon	3h 24m Portland	PDX 14:55 → BUR 17:13AS 1386	7h 27m	98%	82%
Southwest Details →	SJC 07:40 → LAS 09:10WN 1277	1h 45m Las Vegas	LAS 10:55 → BUR 12:10WN 1529	4h 30m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	SJC 06:00 → SLC 08:55DL 1314	1h 50m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:45 → BUR 11:57DL 3933 · flown by SkyWest	5h 57m	98%	78%
Alaska Details →	SJC 06:17 → SEA 08:34AS 1314	1h 09m Seattle	SEA 09:43 → BUR 12:23AS 426	6h 06m	92%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	SJC 12:03 → PDX 13:48AS 2188 · flown by Horizon	1h 07m Portland	PDX 14:55 → BUR 17:13AS 1386	5h 10m	75%	63%
Southwest Details →	SJC 17:00 → LAS 18:30WN 2266	55m Las Vegas	LAS 19:25 → BUR 20:35WN 2202	3h 35m	52%	36%
Alaska Details →	SJC 08:20 → SEA 10:31AS 1426	49m Seattle	SEA 11:20 → BUR 13:56AS 529	5h 36m	22%	15%

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

PDX · 1h 05m · leaves 08:00 0%

LAS · 1h 15m · leaves 09:10 2%

SEA · 1h 09m · leaves 06:17 8%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 53m · leaves 17:01 8%

LAS · 55m · leaves 17:00 48%

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 3693 SJC 06:30 → PDX Alaska AS 1384 PDX 10:49 → BUR Connection details →	2h 31m	6h 43m	100%	87%
American AA 1694 SJC 06:01 → PHX Southwest WN 4549 PHX 09:50 → BUR Connection details →	1h 45m	5h 14m	91%	85%
Southwest WN 2909 SJC 14:45 → EUG Alaska AS 3260 EUG 19:35 → BUR Connection details →	3h 20m	7h 04m	94%	82%

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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