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 90-minute layover misses <1% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 10 at 9 pm.

Nonstops


American	SNA	DFW	3h 07m	81%	3.1%	2,894	Flying now
Frontier	SNA	DFW	3h 18m	59%	2.4%	42	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	SNA 06:46 → PHX 08:19AA 628	2h 12m Phoenix	PHX 10:31 → DFW 15:10AA 3284	6h 24m	96%	82%
Alaska Details →	SNA 07:00 → PDX 09:24AS 750	1h 21m Portland	PDX 10:45 → DFW 16:42AS 392	7h 42m	100%	80%
Alaska Details →	SNA 17:32 → SEA 20:20AS 774	2h 43m Seattle	SEA 23:03 → DFW 05:02 +1AS 542	9h 30m	99%	78%
American Details →	SNA 19:32 → PHX 20:57AA 2685	3h 39m Phoenix	PHX 00:36 → DFW 05:09 +1AA 1818	7h 37m	97%	76%
United Details →	SNA 19:27 → SFO 21:05UA 5339 · flown by SkyWest	2h 54m San Francisco	SFO 23:59 → DFW 05:45 +1UA 1722	8h 18m	99%	75%
United Details →	SNA 06:45 → DEN 10:16UA 513	3h 29m Denver	DEN 13:45 → DFW 16:51UA 578	8h 06m	100%	75%
United Details →	SNA 07:45 → IAH 13:07UA 700	1h 39m Houston	IAH 14:46 → DFW 16:16UA 1388	6h 31m	98%	74%
American Details →	SNA 09:49 → PHX 11:12AA 2660	2h 23m Phoenix	PHX 13:35 → DFW 18:09AA 2767	6h 20m	97%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SNA 13:46 → SLC 16:40DL 1159	1h 00m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:40 → DFW 21:24DL 2796	5h 38m	72%	54%
United Details →	SNA 16:00 → DEN 19:20UA 2649	1h 33m Denver	DEN 20:53 → DFW 23:59UA 2239	5h 59m	74%	50%
Delta Details →	SNA 14:05 → SEA 17:00DL 952	55m Seattle	SEA 17:55 → DFW 23:59DL 870	7h 54m	60%	43%

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

SEA · 1h 17m · leaves 06:47 2%

PHX · 1h 07m · leaves 09:49 4%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 46m · leaves 14:27 29%

SFO · 1h 00m · leaves 16:12 33%

SEA · 55m · leaves 14:05 40%

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.


Southwest WN 3887 SNA 07:05 → PHX American AA 3284 PHX 10:31 → DFW Connection details →	2h 01m	6h 05m	100%	86%
Delta DL 4179 SNA 20:08 → LAS American AA 2921 LAS 00:59 → DFW Connection details →	3h 33m	7h 36m	99%	77%
Southwest WN 4011 SNA 07:00 → DEN United UA 578 DEN 13:45 → DFW Connection details →	3h 20m	7h 51m	100%	75%

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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