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 75-minute layover misses 7% of the time at 9 am and 30% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MKE	BNA	1h 35m	83%	1.3%	971	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 →	MKE 08:00 → MSP 09:28DL 4458 · flown by SkyWest	3h 27m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → BNA 15:00DL 2843	7h 00m	98%	87%
Southwest Details →	MKE 05:00 → MCO 08:40WN 4660	2h 20m Orlando	MCO 11:00 → BNA 12:00WN 4713	7h 00m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	MKE 05:40 → ATL 08:42DL 1221	2h 39m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	5h 53m	96%	83%
United Details →	MKE 05:00 → ORD 05:59UA 5799 · flown by SkyWest	2h 41m Chicago	ORD 08:40 → BNA 10:34UA 5304 · flown by SkyWest	5h 34m	94%	83%
United Details →	MKE 07:50 → ORD 09:00UA 4803 · flown by SkyWest	3h 29m Chicago	ORD 12:29 → BNA 14:14UA 3634 · flown by Republic	6h 24m	94%	81%
American Details →	MKE 05:02 → ORD 06:14AA 6358 · flown by SkyWest	2h 15m Chicago	ORD 08:29 → BNA 10:11AA 3439 · flown by Envoy	5h 10m	96%	81%
Delta Details →	MKE 07:12 → DTW 09:30DL 3757 · flown by SkyWest	2h 55m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → BNA 13:06DL 1557	5h 54m	92%	79%
United Details →	MKE 06:20 → ORD 07:30UA 5896 · flown by SkyWest	3h 07m Chicago	ORD 10:37 → BNA 12:29UA 2414	6h 09m	97%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MKE 10:53 → EWR 14:14UA 3609 · flown by Republic	46m Newark	EWR 15:00 → BNA 16:32UA 1608	5h 39m	56%	37%
United Details →	MKE 17:29 → ORD 18:40UA 5648 · flown by SkyWest	1h 17m Chicago	ORD 19:57 → BNA 21:45UA 2063	4h 16m	70%	32%
American Details →	MKE 12:09 → DFW 14:46AA 2135	1h 04m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:50 → BNA 17:48AA 1490	5h 39m	70%	23%

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

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 06:20 5%

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 05:40 7%

CLT · 1h 13m · leaves 07:01 8%

Afternoon and evening

LGA · 50m · leaves 13:20 24%

ATL · 1h 08m · leaves 18:40 24%

ORD · 1h 17m · leaves 17:29 30%

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 6358 MKE 05:02 → ORD United UA 5304 ORD 08:40 → BNA Connection details →	2h 26m	5h 32m	96%	86%
American AA 6213 MKE 07:40 → ORD United UA 3634 ORD 12:29 → BNA Connection details →	3h 27m	6h 34m	94%	81%
United UA 5799 MKE 05:00 → ORD American AA 3439 ORD 08:29 → BNA Connection details →	2h 30m	5h 12m	92%	77%

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