Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Los Angeles → Nashville via Dallas: arrives on time 6%

  1. 07:50 LAX → 12:50 DAL
    WN 1362 · Southwest · 3h 00m · 44% on time, 3.8% cancelled
  2. 50m layover in Dallas (DAL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 13:40 DAL → 15:30 BNA
    WN 526 · Southwest · 1h 50m · 56% on time, 3.8% cancelled

Total trip 5h 40m, scheduled departure to arrival (Nashville is 2 h ahead of Los Angeles). Times are local. Both flew on 24 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection12%The first flight arrived more than 5 minutes late on 88% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 50m layover.
Arrives on time6%First flight not cancelled (3.8% are) × connection made (12%) × second flight not cancelled (3.8% are) and within 15 minutes (56%).
Total trip5h 40mLAX 07:50 to BNA 15:30, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.