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 45-minute layover misses 1 time in 10 at 7 am and 58% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	SLC	ANC	4h 50m	74%	0.0%	104	Flying now
Alaska	SLC	ANC	5h 05m	83%few flights	0.0%	24	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Anchorage on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Anchorage is 2 h behind Salt Lake City). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Alaska Details →	SLC 18:44 → SEA 20:00AS 665	3h 59m Seattle	SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363	9h 56m	100%	87%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 10:40 → DEN 12:05WN 3739	3h 30m Denver	DEN 15:35 → ANC 19:12UA 1592	10h 32m	100%	81%
Alaska Details →	SLC 11:22 → PDX 12:23AS 2333 · flown by Horizon	2h 07m Portland	PDX 14:30 → ANC 17:16AS 1565	7h 54m	95%	81%
Alaska Details →	SLC 11:17 → SEA 12:30AS 796	2h 17m Seattle	SEA 14:47 → ANC 17:26AS 660	8h 09m	98%	80%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 15:10 → SFO 16:12DL 1088	2h 35m San Francisco	SFO 18:47 → ANC 22:46UA 1594	9h 36m	90%	79%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 06:23 → SEA 07:35AS 1444	3h 00m Seattle	SEA 10:35 → ANC 13:15DL 922	8h 52m	100%	79%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 15:40 → LAX 16:36DL 841	2h 55m Los Angeles	LAX 19:31 → ANC 23:55AS 1899	10h 15m	98%	79%
Alaska Details →	SLC 08:20 → PDX 09:26AS 3004 · flown by SkyWest	1h 04m Portland	PDX 10:30 → ANC 13:22AS 775	7h 02m	97%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SLC 08:30 → DEN 10:27UA 5642 · flown by SkyWest	53m Denver	DEN 11:20 → ANC 14:53UA 280	8h 23m	73%	57%
Alaska Details →	SLC 09:10 → SEA 10:35AS 3381 · flown by SkyWest	1h 04m Seattle	SEA 11:39 → ANC 14:27AS 83	7h 17m	61%	44%
American Details →	SLC 14:00 → DFW 17:50AA 2613	50m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:40 → ANC 22:39AA 395	10h 39m	52%	33%

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 04m · leaves 08:20 3%

DEN · 46m · leaves 05:15 11%

SEA · 1h 04m · leaves 09:10 39%

Afternoon and evening

PDX · 47m · leaves 19:39 37%

DFW · 50m · leaves 14:00 48%

SEA · 47m · leaves 20:46 58%

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