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 one-hour layover misses 12% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 4 at 8 pm.

Nonstops


United	SNA	EWR	5h 27m	80%	2.0%	1,091	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Newark on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Newark is 3 h ahead of Santa Ana). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Alaska Details →	SNA 18:09 → PDX 20:31AS 589	1h 00m Portland	PDX 21:31 → EWR 05:59 +1AS 1631	8h 50m	95%	89%
United Details →	SNA 18:26 → DEN 21:47UA 2656	2h 12m Denver	DEN 23:59 → EWR 05:40 +1UA 1745	8h 14m	97%	87%
Delta Details →	SNA 17:03 → SLC 19:59DL 1277	3h 39m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:38 → EWR 06:00 +1DL 2038	9h 52m	100%	85%
Alaska Details →	SNA 17:32 → SEA 20:20AS 774	2h 20m Seattle	SEA 22:40 → EWR 06:59 +1AS 314	10h 27m	99%	84%
United Details →	SNA 16:12 → SFO 17:50UA 5351 · flown by SkyWest	3h 25m San Francisco	SFO 21:15 → EWR 05:51 +1UA 698	10h 39m	99%	79%
United Details →	SNA 13:08 → DEN 16:30UA 2132	2h 40m Denver	DEN 19:10 → EWR 01:04 +1UA 2093	8h 56m	96%	75%
United Details →	SNA 18:20 → SFO 19:51UA 2657	2h 44m San Francisco	SFO 22:35 → EWR 07:00 +1UA 1141	9h 40m	95%	74%
United Details →	SNA 07:00 → SFO 08:31UA 1604	2h 44m San Francisco	SFO 11:15 → EWR 20:10UA 274	10h 10m	97%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SNA 19:27 → SFO 21:05UA 5339 · flown by SkyWest	1h 30m San Francisco	SFO 22:35 → EWR 07:00 +1UA 1141	8h 33m	72%	56%
United Details →	SNA 18:20 → SFO 19:51UA 2657	1h 24m San Francisco	SFO 21:15 → EWR 05:51 +1UA 698	8h 31m	65%	52%
United Details →	SNA 09:45 → SFO 11:21UA 5562 · flown by SkyWest	1h 14m San Francisco	SFO 12:35 → EWR 21:25UA 1597	8h 40m	48%	31%

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

PHX · 1h 01m · leaves 06:46 12%

SFO · 1h 14m · leaves 09:45 52%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 1h 17m · leaves 19:32 21%

ORD · 1h 04m · leaves 14:10 25%

SEA · 1h 06m · leaves 18:46 35%

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 2307 SNA 18:00 → LAS United UA 1681 LAS 22:34 → EWR Connection details →	3h 19m	9h 30m	100%	85%
Southwest WN 2477 SNA 19:00 → LAS United UA 406 LAS 23:45 → EWR Connection details →	3h 35m	9h 41m	100%	83%
Alaska AS 774 SNA 17:32 → SEA United UA 1274 SEA 23:00 → EWR Connection details →	2h 40m	10h 46m	98%	83%

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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