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 almost half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


American	BNA	DFW	2h 17m	77%	3.2%	3,447	Flying now
Frontier	BNA	DFW	2h 17m	76%	5.7%	87	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	BNA 06:05 → DTW 08:49DL 2439	3h 56m Detroit	DTW 12:45 → DFW 14:32DL 1041	8h 29m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	BNA 05:10 → ATL 07:20DL 2637	2h 32m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	6h 06m	98%	81%
United Details →	BNA 06:30 → IAH 08:42UA 396	3h 23m Houston	IAH 12:05 → DFW 13:34UA 4024 · flown by Mesa	7h 04m	100%	80%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:00 → MSP 08:12DL 2221	1h 51m Minneapolis	MSP 10:03 → DFW 12:30DL 2970	6h 33m	98%	79%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:15 → ATL 08:31DL 3001	2h 57m Atlanta	ATL 11:28 → DFW 12:50DL 414	6h 35m	99%	79%
American Details →	BNA 05:31 → CLT 08:00AA 1065	3h 30m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → DFW 13:16AA 1285	7h 45m	100%	78%
American Details →	BNA 07:20 → MIA 10:48AA 487	1h 27m Miami	MIA 12:15 → DFW 14:34AA 3290	7h 14m	93%	78%
American Details →	BNA 07:28 → PHX 09:13AA 3086	1h 18m Phoenix	PHX 10:31 → DFW 15:10AA 3284	7h 42m	89%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	BNA 15:57 → ORD 18:05AA 6200 · flown by SkyWest	1h 21m Chicago	ORD 19:26 → DFW 22:08AA 3544 · flown by Envoy	6h 11m	66%	42%
American Details →	BNA 10:42 → ORD 12:38AA 3439 · flown by Envoy	47m Chicago	ORD 13:25 → DFW 15:59AA 1120	5h 17m	70%	34%
American Details →	BNA 17:41 → ORD 19:55AA 1570	1h 04m Chicago	ORD 20:59 → DFW 23:32AA 2600	5h 51m	53%	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

BOS · 1h 10m · leaves 07:13 6%

MIA · 1h 02m · leaves 05:38 7%

ATL · 48m · leaves 08:33 8%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 17m · leaves 17:30 51%

CLT · 47m · leaves 16:30 64%

ORD · 50m · leaves 16:59 66%

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 800 BNA 05:15 → DEN United UA 355 DEN 09:40 → DFW Connection details →	2h 40m	7h 33m	100%	94%
Southwest WN 462 BNA 06:45 → BWI American AA 2747 BWI 12:00 → DFW Connection details →	2h 25m	7h 42m	100%	93%
Southwest WN 4289 BNA 08:10 → MCI American AA 3661 MCI 12:16 → DFW Connection details →	2h 26m	5h 56m	100%	92%

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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