Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: American’s XNA → PHX flights land within a few points of 88% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	XNA	PHX	3h 03m	88%	0.4%	828	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Phoenix on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Phoenix is 2 h behind Fayetteville/Springdale/). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	XNA 07:06 → LAX 08:48AA 6482 · flown by SkyWest	1h 12m Los Angeles	LAX 10:00 → PHX 11:28AA 1668	6h 22m	95%	87%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	XNA 09:14 → ORD 11:11AA 3839 · flown by Envoy	2h 19m Chicago	ORD 13:30 → PHX 15:19UA 455	8h 05m	98%	83%
United Details →	XNA 09:00 → IAH 11:00UA 5803 · flown by SkyWest	3h 20m Houston	IAH 14:20 → PHX 15:10UA 1238	8h 10m	96%	83%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	XNA 07:45 → SLC 09:47DL 3796 · flown by SkyWest	2h 28m Salt Lake City	SLC 12:15 → PHX 13:02AA 6422 · flown by SkyWest	7h 15m	96%	82%
United + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	XNA 05:50 → DEN 06:57UA 5969 · flown by SkyWest	2h 18m Denver	DEN 09:15 → PHX 10:11F9 2141	6h 26m	94%	82%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	XNA 05:06 → ORD 07:12AA 4088 · flown by Envoy	1h 50m Chicago	ORD 09:02 → PHX 11:03UA 2225	7h 57m	87%	80%
United Details →	XNA 06:30 → IAH 08:21UA 4051 · flown by Mesa	1h 19m Houston	IAH 09:40 → PHX 10:34UA 1895	6h 04m	94%	80%
United Details →	XNA 08:50 → DEN 10:01UA 1045	1h 24m Denver	DEN 11:25 → PHX 12:25UA 1686	5h 35m	91%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	XNA 17:12 → IAH 19:05UA 6290 · flown by Mesa	48m Houston	IAH 19:53 → PHX 20:42UA 2078	5h 30m	74%	53%
Delta Details →	XNA 15:27 → ATL 18:22DL 4442 · flown by SkyWest	1h 37m Atlanta	ATL 19:59 → PHX 20:59DL 757	7h 32m	72%	51%
American Details →	XNA 17:47 → DFW 19:15AA 3274	1h 15m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:30 → PHX 21:02AA 1133	5h 15m	57%	30%

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

LAX · 1h 12m · leaves 07:06 5%

MIA · 1h 12m · leaves 06:00 5%

IAH · 1h 19m · leaves 06:30 6%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 48m · leaves 17:12 26%

DFW · 1h 15m · leaves 17:47 43%

ATL · 50m · leaves 17:59 44%

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