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 70-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 9 am and 17% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	SLC	XNA	2h 43m	85%	0.6%	362	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	SLC 08:30 → DEN 10:27UA 5642 · flown by SkyWest	3h 03m Denver	DEN 13:30 → XNA 16:25UA 5641 · flown by SkyWest	6h 55m	98%	87%
United Details →	SLC 05:15 → DEN 06:54UA 5683 · flown by SkyWest	2h 56m Denver	DEN 09:50 → XNA 12:47UA 5267 · flown by SkyWest	6h 32m	99%	85%
United Details →	SLC 06:45 → IAH 10:57UA 2366	3h 35m Houston	IAH 14:32 → XNA 16:15UA 4062 · flown by Mesa	8h 30m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	SLC 23:35 → ATL 05:15DL 912	2h 50m Atlanta	ATL 08:05 → XNA 08:59 +1DL 5339 · flown by Endeavor	8h 24m	100%	83%
American Details →	SLC 12:15 → PHX 13:02AA 6422 · flown by SkyWest	2h 47m Phoenix	PHX 15:49 → XNA 20:30AA 4086 · flown by Envoy	7h 15m	97%	80%
Delta Details →	SLC 07:00 → ATL 12:44DL 907	3h 01m Atlanta	ATL 15:45 → XNA 16:41DL 5128 · flown by Endeavor	8h 41m	100%	76%
United Details →	SLC 13:00 → IAH 17:12UA 497	3h 00m Houston	IAH 20:12 → XNA 21:55UA 6308 · flown by Mesa	7h 55m	97%	75%
American Details →	SLC 06:07 → ORD 10:30AA 1327	1h 15m Chicago	ORD 11:45 → XNA 13:41AA 3848 · flown by Envoy	6h 34m	89%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SLC 13:28 → ORD 17:59AA 2616	1h 01m Chicago	ORD 19:00 → XNA 21:00AA 4105 · flown by Envoy	6h 32m	73%	49%
United Details →	SLC 17:57 → DEN 19:40UA 1910	57m Denver	DEN 20:37 → XNA 23:44UA 5269 · flown by SkyWest	4h 47m	65%	48%
American Details →	SLC 16:42 → DFW 20:30AA 2594	49m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:19 → XNA 22:37AA 3059	4h 55m	24%	11%

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

DFW · 1h 18m · leaves 05:00 3%

DEN · 1h 08m · leaves 07:00 3%

ORD · 1h 15m · leaves 06:07 11%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 57m · leaves 17:57 35%

ORD · 50m · leaves 16:18 49%

DFW · 49m · leaves 16:42 76%

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.


Frontier F9 3862 SLC 08:16 → DEN United UA 5641 DEN 13:30 → XNA Connection details →	3h 29m	7h 09m	99%	87%
United UA 5683 SLC 05:15 → DEN Frontier F9 4344 DEN 10:50 → XNA Connection details →	3h 56m	7h 25m	100%	85%
Southwest WN 3737 SLC 05:42 → DEN United UA 5267 DEN 09:50 → XNA Connection details →	2h 42m	6h 05m	100%	84%

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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