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 50-minute layover misses 14% of the time at 11 am and 28% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	SNA	AUS	2h 45m	80%	0.0%	352	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Austin on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Austin is 2 h ahead of Santa Ana). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SNA 07:00 → DEN 10:25WN 4011	3h 19m Denver	DEN 13:44 → AUS 16:58UA 2270	7h 58m	100%	83%
Alaska Details →	SNA 07:00 → PDX 09:24AS 750	1h 06m Portland	PDX 10:30 → AUS 16:38AS 540	7h 38m	98%	83%
United Details →	SNA 19:27 → SFO 21:05UA 5339 · flown by SkyWest	2h 54m San Francisco	SFO 23:59 → AUS 05:46 +1UA 1807	8h 19m	99%	81%
Alaska Details →	SNA 14:05 → PDX 16:29AS 712	1h 10m Portland	PDX 17:39 → AUS 23:49AS 1370	7h 44m	95%	80%
United + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	SNA 10:20 → DEN 13:43UA 2843	2h 07m Denver	DEN 15:50 → AUS 19:27F9 1816	6h 46m	100%	80%
Delta Details →	SNA 12:18 → ATL 19:41DL 1521	3h 18m Atlanta	ATL 22:59 → AUS 00:25 +1DL 1335	10h 07m	98%	78%
United Details →	SNA 08:45 → DEN 12:09UA 489	3h 26m Denver	DEN 15:35 → AUS 18:48UA 1899	8h 03m	100%	77%
Alaska Details →	SNA 06:47 → SEA 09:42AS 1325	2h 04m Seattle	SEA 11:46 → AUS 18:04AS 604	9h 17m	100%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SNA 14:05 → SEA 17:00DL 952	50m Seattle	SEA 17:50 → AUS 23:56DL 848	7h 51m	53%	39%
American Details →	SNA 14:24 → DFW 19:44AA 2684	49m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:33 → AUS 21:37AA 2707	5h 13m	57%	29%
American Details →	SNA 12:55 → DFW 18:14AA 2669	46m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:00 → AUS 20:03AA 789	5h 08m	42%	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

PDX · 1h 06m · leaves 07:00 2%

SEA · 51m · leaves 08:05 14%

Afternoon and evening

DTW · 1h 03m · leaves 11:44 38%

SEA · 50m · leaves 14:05 47%

DFW · 46m · leaves 12:55 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