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 2 times in 5 at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	BNA	IND	1h 15m	81%	0.4%	524	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	BNA 05:10 → ATL 07:20DL 2637	1h 39m Atlanta	ATL 08:59 → IND 10:31DL 2952	4h 23m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	BNA 07:30 → ATL 09:44DL 2802	1h 21m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → IND 12:40DL 3013	4h 10m	94%	82%
Southwest Details →	BNA 06:45 → BWI 09:35WN 462	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 10:45 → IND 12:30WN 960	4h 45m	94%	80%
Delta Details →	BNA 10:06 → DTW 12:46DL 2682	1h 14m Detroit	DTW 14:00 → IND 15:19DL 5846 · flown by Republic	4h 13m	92%	80%
American Details →	BNA 05:31 → CLT 08:00AA 1065	56m Charlotte	CLT 08:56 → IND 10:35AA 1944	4h 04m	92%	80%
Delta Details →	BNA 09:48 → ATL 12:01DL 3069	1h 47m Atlanta	ATL 13:48 → IND 15:20DL 3134	4h 32m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	BNA 12:38 → ATL 14:52DL 2867	1h 07m Atlanta	ATL 15:59 → IND 17:35DL 3126	3h 57m	86%	67%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	BNA 06:00 → ORD 07:58UA 451	1h 32m Chicago	ORD 09:30 → IND 11:40AA 2898	4h 40m	74%	64%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	BNA 18:24 → ORD 20:30UA 4679 · flown by SkyWest	55m Chicago	ORD 21:25 → IND 23:44UA 3660 · flown by Republic	4h 20m	56%	39%
United Details →	BNA 18:30 → IAD 21:23UA 1460	53m Dulles	IAD 22:16 → IND 23:59UA 4021 · flown by Mesa	4h 29m	60%	38%
American Details →	BNA 17:41 → ORD 19:55AA 1570	50m Chicago	ORD 20:45 → IND 23:05AA 4594 · flown by Republic	4h 23m	49%	37%

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

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 06:45 6%

CLT · 56m · leaves 05:31 8%

ORD · 53m · leaves 09:53 22%

Afternoon and evening

DTW · 56m · leaves 14:03 13%

IAD · 53m · leaves 18:30 40%

ORD · 50m · leaves 17:41 51%

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