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 30% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


United	BNA	EWR	2h 19m	76%	3.0%	1,813	Flying now
Spirit	BNA	EWR	2h 16m	59%	1.6%	64	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	BNA 05:31 → CLT 08:00AA 1065	2h 43m Charlotte	CLT 10:43 → EWR 12:37AA 1819	6h 06m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:15 → ATL 08:31DL 3001	1h 32m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24DL 2401	5h 09m	98%	79%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:05 → DTW 08:49DL 2439	1h 26m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → EWR 11:59DL 2577	4h 54m	97%	77%
United Details →	BNA 06:30 → IAH 08:42UA 396	1h 06m Houston	IAH 09:48 → EWR 14:27UA 2402	6h 57m	97%	77%
United Details →	BNA 07:00 → DEN 08:55UA 1716	1h 07m Denver	DEN 10:02 → EWR 16:00UA 1423	8h 00m	92%	76%
Delta Details →	BNA 05:10 → ATL 07:20DL 2637	52m Atlanta	ATL 08:12 → EWR 10:29DL 2397	4h 19m	95%	75%
American Details →	BNA 07:20 → MIA 10:48AA 487	2h 47m Miami	MIA 13:35 → EWR 16:39AA 1823	8h 21m	98%	75%
United Details →	BNA 06:00 → ORD 07:58UA 451	2h 53m Chicago	ORD 10:51 → EWR 14:17UA 1856	7h 17m	97%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	BNA 07:02 → ORD 09:10AA 4964 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 10:10 → EWR 13:30AA 2250	5h 28m	71%	43%
United Details →	BNA 18:24 → ORD 20:30UA 4679 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → EWR 00:53 +1UA 1209	5h 29m	59%	36%
United Details →	BNA 16:59 → ORD 19:00UA 1884	1h 07m Chicago	ORD 20:07 → EWR 23:39UA 759	5h 40m	60%	36%

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

MSP · 1h 02m · leaves 06:00 4%

ATL · 52m · leaves 05:10 5%

IAD · 1h 18m · leaves 08:30 6%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 00m · leaves 18:24 41%

CLT · 1h 04m · leaves 16:30 45%

MIA · 1h 05m · leaves 17:27 59%

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 564 BNA 05:10 → MCO United UA 2120 MCO 10:22 → EWR Connection details →	2h 22m	6h 55m	100%	88%
American AA 1065 BNA 05:31 → CLT United UA 3448 CLT 11:10 → EWR Connection details →	3h 10m	6h 45m	99%	84%
Southwest WN 4991 BNA 05:40 → DCA United UA 4508 DCA 11:00 → EWR Connection details →	2h 35m	5h 42m	100%	80%

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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