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 4% of the time at 7 am and 1 time in 3 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	ABQ	BNA	2h 40m	73%	1.2%	253	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	ABQ 05:30 → DEN 07:00UA 5988 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m Denver	DEN 08:00 → BNA 11:42UA 605	5h 12m	96%	87%
American Details →	ABQ 06:00 → PHX 06:17AA 987	2h 13m Phoenix	PHX 08:30 → BNA 14:02AA 3073	7h 02m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	ABQ 08:28 → MSP 12:00DL 535	55m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → BNA 15:00DL 2843	5h 32m	92%	81%
United + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 07:00 → DEN 08:23UA 621	3h 42m Denver	DEN 12:05 → BNA 15:40WN 1486	7h 40m	98%	81%
Alaska Details →	ABQ 06:00 → SEA 08:10AS 1529	1h 05m Seattle	SEA 09:15 → BNA 15:40AS 1345	8h 40m	96%	79%
Southwest Details →	ABQ 06:40 → PHX 07:00WN 146	50m Phoenix	PHX 07:50 → BNA 13:10WN 719	5h 30m	93%	76%
American Details →	ABQ 05:23 → DFW 08:18AA 3448 · flown by Envoy	1h 42m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:00 → BNA 11:53AA 1520	5h 30m	100%	75%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 06:05 → LAS 06:35WN 130	2h 25m Las Vegas	LAS 09:00 → BNA 14:46F9 3778	7h 41m	98%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	ABQ 20:10 → SAN 21:00WN 4521	1h 40m San Diego	SAN 22:40 → BNA 04:45 +1WN 3480	7h 35m	68%	64%
American Details →	ABQ 16:08 → DFW 19:08AA 9	1h 04m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:12 → BNA 22:08AA 1500	4h 59m	67%	33%
American Details →	ABQ 14:13 → ORD 18:29AA 1341	1h 11m Chicago	ORD 19:40 → BNA 21:25AA 6326 · flown by SkyWest	6h 12m	51%	24%

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 · 1h 05m · leaves 06:30 0%

SEA · 1h 05m · leaves 06:00 4%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 05:30 4%

Afternoon and evening

DAL · 50m · leaves 13:05 37%

ORD · 1h 11m · leaves 14:13 49%

AUS · 50m · leaves 14:05 60%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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