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

Dallas → Fort Lauderdale via Nashville: arrives on time 24%

  1. 13:40 DAL → 15:30 BNA
    WN 526 · Southwest · 1h 50m · 56% on time, 3.8% cancelled
  2. 1h 10m layover in Nashville (BNA) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 16:40 BNA → 20:00 FLL
    WN 285 · Southwest · 2h 20m · 38% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 5h 20m, scheduled departure to arrival (Fort Lauderdale is 1 h ahead of Dallas). Times are local. Both flew on 24 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection64%The first flight arrived more than 25 minutes late on 36% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 10m layover.
Arrives on time24%First flight not cancelled (3.8% are) × connection made (64%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (38%).
Total trip5h 20mDAL 13:40 to FLL 20:00, 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.