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 5% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 4 at 4 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	ALB	BNA	2h 25m	85%	1.1%	365	Flying now
Allegiant	ALB	BNA	2h 22m	65%	0.0%	71	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 behind Albany). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	ALB 09:36 → DTW 11:24DL 3697 · flown by SkyWest	1h 01m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → BNA 13:06DL 1557	4h 30m	100%	87%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ALB 06:46 → ORD 08:29AA 3460 · flown by Envoy	4h 00m Chicago	ORD 12:29 → BNA 14:14UA 3634 · flown by Republic	8h 28m	97%	86%
Delta Details →	ALB 06:00 → ATL 08:32DL 2429	2h 49m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	6h 33m	98%	84%
Southwest Details →	ALB 06:00 → BWI 07:20WN 4623	2h 25m Baltimore	BWI 09:45 → BNA 10:35WN 487	5h 35m	98%	83%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	ALB 06:06 → DTW 07:50DL 2996	2h 55m Detroit	DTW 10:45 → BNA 11:20WN 1775	6h 14m	100%	82%
American Details →	ALB 06:21 → PHL 07:40AA 5854 · flown by Piedmont	1h 55m Philadelphia	PHL 09:35 → BNA 10:51AA 3221	5h 30m	97%	80%
American Details →	ALB 05:39 → CLT 07:47AA 440	1h 18m Charlotte	CLT 09:05 → BNA 09:49AA 5083 · flown by PSA	5h 10m	97%	80%
United Details →	ALB 06:10 → ORD 07:47UA 2225	2h 50m Chicago	ORD 10:37 → BNA 12:29UA 2414	7h 19m	99%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ALB 18:29 → ATL 21:15DL 1053	1h 45m Atlanta	ATL 23:00 → BNA 23:15DL 3121	5h 46m	73%	54%
United Details →	ALB 14:50 → IAD 16:29UA 4942 · flown by CommuteAir	1h 13m Dulles	IAD 17:42 → BNA 18:47UA 2264	4h 57m	74%	53%
American Details →	ALB 15:32 → DCA 17:00AA 2347	46m Washington	DCA 17:46 → BNA 18:58AA 1163	4h 26m	40%	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

CLT · 1h 18m · leaves 05:39 3%

ATL · 1h 20m · leaves 06:00 5%

IAD · 55m · leaves 06:00 17%

Afternoon and evening

DTW · 47m · leaves 13:23 21%

IAD · 1h 13m · leaves 14:50 26%

DCA · 46m · leaves 15:32 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