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 5% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 4 at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	TPA	LAX	5h 29m	84%	1.5%	660	Flying now
Southwest	TPA	LAX	5h 35m	74%	0.0%	174	Flying now
United	TPA	LAX	5h 39m	90%	0.3%	359	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 3 h behind Tampa). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	TPA 05:52 → STL 07:15WN 4048	55m St Louis	STL 08:10 → LAX 10:05WN 3937	7h 13m	98%	84%
United Details →	TPA 07:15 → IAH 08:42UA 2491	1h 11m Houston	IAH 09:53 → LAX 11:30UA 469	7h 15m	95%	83%
Delta Details →	TPA 10:00 → ATL 11:35DL 2605	1h 00m Atlanta	ATL 12:35 → LAX 14:15DL 895	7h 15m	90%	78%
Southwest Details →	TPA 05:15 → DEN 06:55WN 4018	55m Denver	DEN 07:50 → LAX 09:20WN 1568	7h 05m	88%	72%
American Details →	TPA 05:45 → DFW 07:36AA 2268	59m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:35 → LAX 09:49AA 1996	7h 04m	89%	72%
American Details →	TPA 08:01 → PHX 09:27AA 3333	1h 09m Phoenix	PHX 10:36 → LAX 12:06AA 2869	7h 05m	97%	64%
Southwest Details →	TPA 10:00 → AUS 11:30WN 3999	1h 15m Austin	AUS 12:45 → LAX 13:50WN 333	6h 50m	88%	61%
JetBlue Details →	TPA 20:33 → BOS 15:27B6 392	2h 23m Boston	BOS 17:50 → LAX 21:10B6 1387	3h 36m	94%	58%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	TPA 07:00 → DFW 08:50AA 1768	50m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:40 → LAX 10:52AA 500	6h 52m	73%	52%
Delta Details →	TPA 16:32 → ATL 18:17DL 1167	1h 03m Atlanta	ATL 19:20 → LAX 20:45DL 763	7h 22m	74%	50%
American Details →	TPA 16:55 → BNA 17:59AA 3823 · flown by Envoy	51m Nashville	BNA 18:50 → LAX 21:15AA 2123	7h 20m	59%	34%

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

STL · 55m · leaves 05:52 2%

PHX · 1h 09m · leaves 08:01 3%

IAH · 1h 11m · leaves 07:15 5%

Afternoon and evening

MCI · 55m · leaves 20:25 42%

AUS · 1h 05m · leaves 18:55 68%

DFW · 54m · leaves 19:50 79%

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.


JetBlue B6 392 TPA 20:33 → BOS United UA 639 BOS 18:26 → LAX Connection details →	2h 59m	4h 18m	93%	60%

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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