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

Dallas → Columbus via Nashville: arrives on time 23%

  1. 13:40 DAL → 15:30 BNA
    WN 526 · Southwest · 1h 50m · 56% on time, 3.8% cancelled
  2. 1h 00m layover in Nashville (BNA) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 16:30 BNA → 18:50 CMH
    WN 481 · Southwest · 1h 20m · 42% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 4h 10m, scheduled departure to arrival (Columbus is 1 h ahead of Dallas). Times are local. Both flew on 24 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection56%The first flight arrived more than 15 minutes late on 44% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 00m layover.
Arrives on time23%First flight not cancelled (3.8% are) × connection made (56%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (42%).
Total trip4h 10mDAL 13:40 to CMH 18:50, 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.