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 3% of the time at 8 am and 31% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	BNA	LAX	4h 31m	86%	1.1%	910	Flying now
American	BNA	LAX	4h 39m	74%	0.5%	443	Flying now
Southwest	BNA	LAX	4h 35m	70%	0.7%	921	Flying now
Spirit	BNA	LAX	4h 36m	80%	1.8%	55	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Nashville). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	BNA 05:15 → DEN 07:00WN 800	2h 35m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569	7h 50m	100%	91%
Delta Details →	BNA 07:30 → ATL 09:44DL 2802	1h 46m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326	7h 38m	96%	88%
United Details →	BNA 06:30 → IAH 08:42UA 396	1h 11m Houston	IAH 09:53 → LAX 11:30UA 469	7h 00m	97%	86%
United Details →	BNA 10:26 → DEN 12:23UA 502	1h 03m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	6h 31m	92%	84%
United Details →	BNA 07:00 → DEN 08:55UA 1716	1h 07m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	6h 34m	92%	83%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:15 → ATL 08:31DL 3001	1h 49m Atlanta	ATL 10:20 → LAX 12:00DL 501	7h 45m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	BNA 05:10 → ATL 07:20DL 2637	55m Atlanta	ATL 08:15 → LAX 09:55DL 898	6h 45m	95%	81%
Delta Details →	BNA 07:35 → SLC 10:13DL 1068	1h 17m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:30 → LAX 12:30DL 829	6h 55m	93%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	BNA 07:40 → ORD 09:41UA 2465	49m Chicago	ORD 10:30 → LAX 13:09UA 1044	7h 29m	73%	56%
American Details →	BNA 15:57 → ORD 18:05AA 6200 · flown by SkyWest	1h 03m Chicago	ORD 19:08 → LAX 21:33AA 2364	7h 36m	60%	32%
American Details →	BNA 17:41 → ORD 19:55AA 1570	54m Chicago	ORD 20:49 → LAX 23:13AA 613	7h 32m	49%	24%

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 05m · leaves 06:00 3%

ATL · 55m · leaves 05:10 5%

SLC · 1h 17m · leaves 07:35 7%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 46m · leaves 15:31 71%

SFO · 1h 10m · leaves 17:15 78%

AUS · 50m · leaves 14:30 81%

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 544 BNA 06:35 → LAS United UA 203 LAS 10:45 → LAX Connection details →	2h 20m	7h 30m	98%	92%
Southwest WN 4253 BNA 16:05 → SAN United UA 5636 SAN 20:32 → LAX Connection details →	2h 17m	7h 40m	96%	85%
Southwest WN 3770 BNA 08:02 → PHX Delta DL 3951 PHX 12:15 → LAX Connection details →	2h 37m	7h 44m	98%	83%

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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