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

Hartford → Nashville via Chicago: arrives on time 45%

  1. 19:10 BDL → 20:40 MDW
    WN 428 · Southwest · 2h 30m · 75% on time, 2.7% cancelled
  2. 1h 00m layover in Chicago (MDW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:40 MDW → 23:05 BNA
    WN 4091 · Southwest · 1h 30m · 65% on time, 5.3% cancelled

Total trip 5h 00m, scheduled departure to arrival (Nashville is 1 h behind Hartford). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection75%The first flight arrived more than 15 minutes late on 25% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 00m layover.
Arrives on time45%First flight not cancelled (2.7% are) × connection made (75%) × second flight not cancelled (5.3% are) and within 15 minutes (65%).
Total trip5h 00mBDL 19:10 to BNA 23:05, 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.