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 82% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	SNA	GEG	2h 44m	86%	0.0%	209	Flying now
Allegiant	SNA	GEG	2h 29m	48%few flights	3.8%	26	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Spokane on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Alaska Details →	SNA 10:57 → PDX 13:21AS 1405	1h 09m Portland	PDX 14:30 → GEG 15:41AS 3262 · flown by SkyWest	4h 44m	94%	94%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SNA 10:28 → SEA 13:17AS 471	2h 23m Seattle	SEA 15:40 → GEG 16:57DL 3857 · flown by SkyWest	6h 29m	100%	93%
Delta Details →	SNA 14:05 → SEA 17:00DL 952	2h 56m Seattle	SEA 19:56 → GEG 21:12DL 3677 · flown by SkyWest	7h 07m	98%	88%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SNA 07:00 → DEN 10:25WN 4011	3h 21m Denver	DEN 13:46 → GEG 15:12UA 324	8h 11m	100%	87%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SNA 08:05 → SEA 10:55AS 702	3h 24m Seattle	SEA 14:19 → GEG 15:40DL 4145 · flown by SkyWest	7h 35m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	SNA 11:20 → SEA 14:24DL 3966 · flown by SkyWest	3h 35m Seattle	SEA 17:59 → GEG 19:17DL 3832 · flown by SkyWest	7h 57m	100%	85%
Alaska Details →	SNA 07:00 → PDX 09:24AS 750	1h 06m Portland	PDX 10:30 → GEG 11:45AS 250	4h 45m	98%	83%
Alaska Details →	SNA 12:33 → BOI 15:39AS 1606	3h 14m Boise	BOI 18:53 → GEG 19:01AS 2030 · flown by Horizon	6h 28m	100%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SNA 14:05 → SEA 17:00DL 952	59m Seattle	SEA 17:59 → GEG 19:17DL 3832 · flown by SkyWest	5h 12m	66%	56%
Delta Details →	SNA 13:46 → SLC 16:40DL 1159	50m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:30 → GEG 18:14DL 1024	4h 28m	67%	55%
United Details →	SNA 18:20 → SFO 19:51UA 2657	54m San Francisco	SFO 20:45 → GEG 23:04UA 5693 · flown by SkyWest	4h 44m	30%	20%

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%

DEN · 59m · leaves 06:45 4%

SLC · 1h 15m · leaves 07:15 7%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 50m · leaves 13:46 33%

SEA · 59m · leaves 14:05 34%

SFO · 54m · leaves 18:20 70%

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