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

Take the nonstop: Southwest LIT → BNA (1h 15m) reaches Nashville on time 78% of the time; the most reliable connection, Delta via Atlanta (4h 15m), 64%.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	LIT	BNA	1h 15m	78%	0.3%	298	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Nashville on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	LIT 05:25 → ATL 08:00DL 1565	3h 21m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	6h 08m	99%	86%
United Details →	LIT 07:20 → ORD 09:35UA 5501 · flown by SkyWest	2h 54m Chicago	ORD 12:29 → BNA 14:14UA 3634 · flown by Republic	6h 54m	97%	82%
American Details →	LIT 05:03 → CLT 08:12AA 3404 · flown by Envoy	53m Charlotte	CLT 09:05 → BNA 09:49AA 5083 · flown by PSA	4h 46m	96%	79%
United Details →	LIT 07:05 → IAH 08:47UA 4301 · flown by CommuteAir	3h 08m Houston	IAH 11:55 → BNA 14:02UA 1318	6h 57m	97%	77%
American Details →	LIT 06:01 → DFW 07:40AA 3364 · flown by Envoy	2h 20m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:00 → BNA 11:53AA 1520	5h 52m	100%	75%
American Details →	LIT 07:09 → CLT 10:18AA 4158 · flown by Envoy	1h 02m Charlotte	CLT 11:20 → BNA 12:02AA 5082 · flown by PSA	4h 53m	95%	73%
Delta Details →	LIT 09:27 → ATL 12:05DL 3033	1h 46m Atlanta	ATL 13:51 → BNA 14:00DL 3159	4h 33m	96%	72%
United Details →	LIT 13:35 → DEN 15:04UA 4686 · flown by SkyWest	2h 26m Denver	DEN 17:30 → BNA 21:13UA 1300	7h 38m	97%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	LIT 07:31 → DFW 09:12AA 3641 · flown by Envoy	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:00 → BNA 11:53AA 1520	4h 22m	63%	47%
United Details →	LIT 11:13 → ORD 13:15UA 4410 · flown by GoJet	57m Chicago	ORD 14:12 → BNA 15:57UA 1928	4h 44m	66%	41%
American Details →	LIT 17:38 → DFW 19:14AA 4008 · flown by Envoy	58m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:12 → BNA 22:08AA 1500	4h 29m	60%	30%

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

CLT · 53m · leaves 05:03 4%

ORD · 1h 18m · leaves 06:31 13%

LGA · 1h 00m · leaves 07:00 14%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 19:00 16%

DFW · 58m · leaves 17:38 40%

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.


American AA 3656 LIT 06:31 → ORD United UA 3634 ORD 12:29 → BNA Connection details →	3h 47m	7h 43m	97%	85%
American AA 4656 LIT 07:00 → LGA Delta DL 2748 LGA 13:55 → BNA Connection details →	2h 55m	8h 26m	96%	73%
United UA 1081 LIT 09:00 → DEN Southwest WN 1486 DEN 12:05 → BNA Connection details →	1h 41m	6h 40m	83%	68%

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