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 14% of the time at 10 am and 35% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	BNA	PNS	1h 30m	78%	0.8%	957	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	BNA 05:10 → MDW 06:45WN 573	1h 00m Chicago	MDW 07:45 → PNS 10:00WN 4103	4h 50m	98%	94%
American Details →	BNA 05:31 → CLT 08:00AA 1065	3h 22m Charlotte	CLT 11:22 → PNS 12:17AA 5349 · flown by PSA	6h 47m	100%	90%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:15 → ATL 08:31DL 3001	2h 08m Atlanta	ATL 10:39 → PNS 10:51DL 3198	4h 37m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	BNA 07:30 → ATL 09:44DL 2802	3h 06m Atlanta	ATL 12:50 → PNS 13:00DL 1640	5h 33m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	BNA 09:48 → ATL 12:01DL 3069	3h 10m Atlanta	ATL 15:11 → PNS 15:26DL 1013	5h 38m	99%	81%
United Details →	BNA 06:00 → ORD 07:58UA 451	2h 40m Chicago	ORD 10:38 → PNS 13:07UA 2672	7h 07m	97%	80%
Delta Details →	BNA 10:53 → ATL 13:04DL 1155	3h 46m Atlanta	ATL 16:50 → PNS 17:06DL 2211	6h 13m	99%	78%
Southwest Details →	BNA 05:10 → DAL 07:00WN 485	2h 35m Dallas	DAL 09:35 → PNS 11:25WN 3796	6h 15m	100%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	BNA 16:31 → ATL 18:49DL 3142	1h 02m Atlanta	ATL 19:51 → PNS 20:05DL 3021	3h 34m	70%	53%
American Details →	BNA 14:52 → CLT 17:30AA 1486	46m Charlotte	CLT 18:16 → PNS 19:10AA 5429 · flown by PSA	4h 18m	71%	48%
American Details →	BNA 15:30 → DCA 18:26AA 3991 · flown by Envoy	55m Washington	DCA 19:21 → PNS 21:00AA 5544 · flown by PSA	5h 30m	66%	33%

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 00m · leaves 05:10 2%

CLT · 1h 20m · leaves 05:31 2%

ORD · 59m · leaves 09:04 10%

Afternoon and evening

DCA · 55m · leaves 15:30 34%

IAH · 53m · leaves 15:08 35%

MIA · 1h 04m · leaves 18:39 53%

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