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 2% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 5 at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	TUS	PDX	3h 19m	94%	0.0%	449	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	TUS 07:05 → SLC 10:11DL 3745 · flown by SkyWest	2h 35m Salt Lake City	SLC 12:46 → PDX 13:49AS 3117 · flown by SkyWest	6h 44m	100%	92%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	TUS 09:40 → LAX 11:15WN 446	3h 12m Los Angeles	LAX 14:27 → PDX 16:47AS 1315	7h 07m	100%	91%
Delta Details →	TUS 16:30 → SLC 19:30DL 3737 · flown by SkyWest	3h 20m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:50 → PDX 23:44DL 1373	7h 15m	100%	89%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	TUS 06:12 → DEN 09:02WN 4059	3h 00m Denver	DEN 12:02 → PDX 13:46AS 684	7h 34m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	TUS 06:20 → LAX 08:04DL 3502 · flown by SkyWest	1h 56m Los Angeles	LAX 10:00 → PDX 12:25DL 2766	6h 05m	98%	87%
Alaska Details →	TUS 07:10 → SEA 10:37AS 3361 · flown by SkyWest	3h 08m Seattle	SEA 13:45 → PDX 14:48AS 3204 · flown by SkyWest	7h 38m	99%	87%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	TUS 09:35 → DEN 12:25WN 519	2h 43m Denver	DEN 15:08 → PDX 16:51F9 2553	7h 18m	100%	86%
United Details →	TUS 09:04 → SFO 11:25UA 4683 · flown by SkyWest	3h 30m San Francisco	SFO 14:55 → PDX 16:47UA 2851	7h 43m	98%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	TUS 20:00 → LAS 21:25WN 1195	50m Las Vegas	LAS 22:15 → PDX 00:32 +1WN 199	4h 33m	38%	15%
Southwest Details →	TUS 15:00 → DEN 17:55WN 1599	1h 30m Denver	DEN 19:25 → PDX 21:00WN 1670	6h 00m	56%	2%

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

SLC · 1h 04m · leaves 07:05 2%

DFW · 1h 13m · leaves 05:01 6%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 56m · leaves 18:30 15%

SFO · 1h 06m · leaves 15:28 20%

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