Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Delta’s SLC → LIT flights land within a few points of 9 in 10 on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	SLC	LIT	3h 00m	91%	0.7%	271	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	SLC 23:35 → ATL 05:15DL 912	2h 55m Atlanta	ATL 08:10 → LIT 08:42 +1DL 3033	8h 09m	100%	89%
United Details →	SLC 05:15 → DEN 06:54UA 5683 · flown by SkyWest	2h 41m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LIT 12:54UA 5369 · flown by SkyWest	6h 39m	99%	88%
Frontier + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 08:16 → DEN 10:01F9 3862	3h 19m Denver	DEN 13:20 → LIT 16:42UA 5760 · flown by SkyWest	7h 26m	98%	86%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 05:10 → ORD 09:41UA 5635 · flown by SkyWest	2h 10m Chicago	ORD 11:51 → LIT 13:54AA 3471 · flown by Envoy	7h 44m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	SLC 13:35 → ATL 19:23DL 906	3h 42m Atlanta	ATL 23:05 → LIT 23:41DL 2083	9h 08m	99%	82%
American Details →	SLC 06:07 → ORD 10:30AA 1327	1h 15m Chicago	ORD 11:45 → LIT 13:41AA 3398 · flown by Envoy	6h 34m	89%	80%
Delta Details →	SLC 07:00 → ATL 12:44DL 907	1h 56m Atlanta	ATL 14:40 → LIT 15:17DL 3027	7h 16m	98%	79%
Delta Details →	SLC 08:10 → ATL 13:53DL 897	3h 37m Atlanta	ATL 17:30 → LIT 18:08DL 3025	8h 58m	100%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SLC 16:42 → DFW 20:30AA 2594	1h 34m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:04 → LIT 23:23AA 3362 · flown by Envoy	5h 41m	67%	50%
United Details →	SLC 16:18 → ORD 20:40UA 2072	50m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → LIT 23:37UA 5228 · flown by SkyWest	6h 19m	51%	31%
Southwest Details →	SLC 17:20 → DAL 20:55WN 3736	1h 00m Dallas	DAL 21:55 → LIT 23:08WN 1338	4h 47m	43%	9%

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

DEN · 53m · leaves 07:00 6%

IAH · 58m · leaves 06:45 7%

DFW · 55m · leaves 05:00 11%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 08m · leaves 13:00 15%

ORD · 50m · leaves 16:18 49%

DAL · 1h 00m · leaves 17:20 57%

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