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 5% of the time at 9 am and 28% of the time at 4 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	BNA	CLE	1h 30m	73%	0.5%	963	Flying now
Frontier	BNA	CLE	1h 37m	80%	2.1%	47	Not flying now
Spirit	BNA	CLE	1h 33m	90%few flights	3.2%	31	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	BNA 05:10 → MDW 06:45WN 573	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 07:55 → CLE 10:10WN 4088	4h 00m	98%	91%
United Details →	BNA 06:00 → ORD 07:58UA 451	1h 07m Chicago	ORD 09:05 → CLE 11:41UA 3422 · flown by Republic	4h 41m	95%	90%
United Details →	BNA 10:26 → DEN 12:23UA 502	1h 32m Denver	DEN 13:55 → CLE 18:53UA 2476	7h 27m	96%	87%
Delta Details →	BNA 05:10 → ATL 07:20DL 2637	2h 23m Atlanta	ATL 09:43 → CLE 11:32DL 2978	5h 23m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	BNA 07:30 → ATL 09:44DL 2802	3h 52m Atlanta	ATL 13:36 → CLE 15:23DL 2545	6h 53m	98%	84%
Southwest Details →	BNA 05:10 → MCO 08:00WN 564	1h 00m Orlando	MCO 09:00 → CLE 11:25WN 2278	5h 15m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:00 → MSP 08:12DL 2221	1h 48m Minneapolis	MSP 10:00 → CLE 12:52DL 2057	5h 52m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:15 → ATL 08:31DL 3001	3h 21m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → CLE 13:38DL 775	6h 23m	99%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	BNA 07:40 → ORD 09:41UA 2465	48m Chicago	ORD 10:29 → CLE 12:58UA 2389	4h 18m	71%	56%
United Details →	BNA 18:30 → IAD 21:23UA 1460	52m Dulles	IAD 22:15 → CLE 23:44UA 2131	4h 14m	60%	50%
American Details →	BNA 15:57 → ORD 18:05AA 6200 · flown by SkyWest	1h 24m Chicago	ORD 19:29 → CLE 21:55AA 1934	5h 03m	67%	26%

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

ATL · 1h 12m · leaves 08:33 2%

MCO · 1h 00m · leaves 05:10 2%

MDW · 1h 10m · leaves 05:10 2%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 46m · leaves 15:08 46%

ORD · 50m · leaves 18:24 52%

DFW · 46m · leaves 15:31 71%

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.


JetBlue B6 806 BNA 08:40 → BOS Delta DL 5641 BOS 14:54 → CLE Connection details →	2h 40m	7h 26m	98%	82%
Southwest WN 564 BNA 05:10 → MCO Frontier F9 2667 MCO 11:05 → CLE Connection details →	3h 05m	7h 33m	100%	81%
United UA 451 BNA 06:00 → ORD American AA 4949 ORD 11:30 → CLE Connection details →	3h 32m	7h 02m	97%	81%

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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