Sun, Oct 4 has passed, so this is the 12-month record.

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

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 8% of the time at 8 am and 45% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	BNA	PVD	2h 25m	82%	0.8%	380	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Providence on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Providence is 1 h ahead of Nashville). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	BNA 05:40 → DCA 08:25WN 4991	2h 25m Washington	DCA 10:50 → PVD 12:15WN 3529	5h 35m	100%	98%
Southwest Details →	BNA 05:10 → MDW 06:45WN 573	55m Chicago	MDW 07:40 → PVD 10:55WN 784	4h 45m	96%	86%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:00 → MSP 08:12DL 2221	1h 58m Minneapolis	MSP 10:10 → PVD 13:53DL 1224	6h 53m	98%	86%
Southwest Details →	BNA 06:45 → BWI 09:35WN 462	3h 40m Baltimore	BWI 13:15 → PVD 14:35WN 823	6h 50m	100%	85%
United Details →	BNA 06:00 → ORD 07:58UA 451	2h 47m Chicago	ORD 10:45 → PVD 14:25UA 4703 · flown by SkyWest	7h 25m	97%	84%
United Details →	BNA 08:30 → IAD 11:17UA 1709	1h 18m Dulles	IAD 12:35 → PVD 14:05UA 6262 · flown by Mesa	4h 35m	94%	80%
American Details →	BNA 09:04 → ORD 11:00AA 3973 · flown by Envoy	2h 40m Chicago	ORD 13:40 → PVD 17:11AA 3771 · flown by Envoy	7h 06m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:05 → DTW 08:49DL 2439	1h 21m Detroit	DTW 10:10 → PVD 12:10DL 3961 · flown by SkyWest	5h 05m	97%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	BNA 17:41 → DTW 20:29DL 2316	51m Detroit	DTW 21:20 → PVD 23:20DL 3795 · flown by SkyWest	4h 39m	68%	50%
United Details →	BNA 18:30 → IAD 21:23UA 1460	47m Dulles	IAD 22:10 → PVD 23:46UA 6142 · flown by Mesa	4h 16m	55%	40%
American Details →	BNA 15:57 → ORD 18:05AA 6200 · flown by SkyWest	1h 09m Chicago	ORD 19:14 → PVD 22:43AA 1293	5h 45m	64%	36%

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

MDW · 55m · leaves 05:10 4%

IAD · 1h 18m · leaves 08:30 6%

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 06:45 6%

Afternoon and evening

DTW · 51m · leaves 17:41 32%

ORD · 1h 09m · leaves 15:57 36%

IAD · 47m · leaves 18:30 45%

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.


Delta DL 5708 BNA 06:05 → DCA Southwest WN 3529 DCA 10:50 → PVD Connection details →	1h 48m	5h 10m	86%	83%
United UA 2465 BNA 07:40 → ORD American AA 3771 ORD 13:40 → PVD Connection details →	3h 59m	8h 30m	100%	77%
Southwest WN 477 BNA 10:10 → CLT American AA 2338 CLT 16:20 → PVD Connection details →	3h 45m	7h 20m	100%	75%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

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