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 8 am and 31% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	BNA	ATL	1h 13m	87%	2.1%	3,369	Flying now
Southwest	BNA	ATL	1h 10m	74%	0.3%	897	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	BNA 06:15 → STL 07:35WN 679	2h 25m St Louis	STL 10:00 → ATL 12:35WN 236	5h 20m	100%	91%
Southwest Details →	BNA 05:10 → MDW 06:45WN 573	2h 10m Chicago	MDW 08:55 → ATL 11:45WN 4154	5h 35m	100%	86%
United Details →	BNA 06:00 → ORD 07:58UA 451	2h 31m Chicago	ORD 10:29 → ATL 13:44UA 2684	6h 44m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:05 → DTW 08:49DL 2439	1h 36m Detroit	DTW 10:25 → ATL 12:25DL 2856	5h 18m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:00 → MSP 08:12DL 2221	2h 28m Minneapolis	MSP 10:40 → ATL 14:05DL 1046	7h 05m	99%	82%
American Details →	BNA 05:31 → CLT 08:00AA 1065	1h 10m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → ATL 10:41AA 5039 · flown by PSA	4h 10m	96%	82%
Delta Details →	BNA 07:06 → JFK 10:40DL 4916 · flown by Endeavor	2h 30m New York	JFK 13:10 → ATL 15:45DL 2342	7h 39m	97%	81%
Delta Details →	BNA 09:35 → RDU 12:20DL 5114 · flown by Endeavor	3h 14m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 15:34 → ATL 17:05DL 2026	6h 30m	96%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	BNA 11:32 → PHL 14:38AA 3221	52m Philadelphia	PHL 15:30 → ATL 17:51AA 2983	5h 19m	67%	40%
American Details →	BNA 15:57 → ORD 18:05AA 6200 · flown by SkyWest	54m Chicago	ORD 18:59 → ATL 22:05AA 2779	5h 06m	53%	24%
American Details →	BNA 12:45 → DFW 14:58AA 1520	1h 02m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 16:00 → ATL 19:11AA 1379	5h 26m	74%	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

CLT · 1h 10m · leaves 05:31 4%

IAD · 1h 18m · leaves 08:30 6%

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 07:00 9%

Afternoon and evening

HOU · 1h 03m · leaves 18:55 63%

MIA · 1h 01m · leaves 17:27 63%

MDW · 1h 00m · leaves 16:15 73%

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.


Southwest WN 19 BNA 08:05 → LIT Delta DL 3040 LIT 11:58 → ATL Connection details →	2h 43m	5h 28m	100%	91%
Southwest WN 585 BNA 08:10 → MKE Delta DL 1151 MKE 12:56 → ATL Connection details →	3h 11m	6h 54m	100%	89%
Southwest WN 1271 BNA 05:15 → AUS Delta DL 2976 AUS 10:35 → ATL Connection details →	3h 10m	7h 37m	100%	89%

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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