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 7 am and 1 time in 4 at 4 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	BNA	MCO	1h 55m	74%	0.8%	2,655	Flying now
Frontier	BNA	MCO	2h 13m	73%	0.0%	183	Flying now
Spirit	BNA	MCO	1h 56m	80%	5.1%	643	Not flying now
Delta	BNA	MCO	2h 04m	76%few flights	0.0%	29	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Orlando on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Orlando 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 09m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	5h 26m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:15 → ATL 08:31DL 3001	1h 54m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	4h 45m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	BNA 05:10 → ATL 07:20DL 2637	2h 05m Atlanta	ATL 09:25 → MCO 10:57DL 1658	4h 47m	98%	80%
United Details →	BNA 08:30 → IAD 11:17UA 1709	1h 18m Dulles	IAD 12:35 → MCO 14:58UA 2206	5h 28m	94%	79%
United Details →	BNA 06:30 → IAH 08:42UA 396	48m Houston	IAH 09:30 → MCO 13:00UA 2310	5h 30m	89%	76%
Delta Details →	BNA 07:30 → ATL 09:44DL 2802	1h 41m Atlanta	ATL 11:25 → MCO 13:00DL 1030	4h 30m	96%	75%
Southwest Details →	BNA 05:10 → MDW 06:45WN 573	1h 15m Chicago	MDW 08:00 → MCO 11:35WN 2817	5h 25m	98%	75%
American Details →	BNA 07:13 → CLT 09:50AA 2692	1h 23m Charlotte	CLT 11:13 → MCO 13:01AA 2127	4h 48m	89%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	BNA 13:35 → IAD 16:28UA 2125	54m Dulles	IAD 17:22 → MCO 19:45UA 2463	5h 10m	74%	52%
Delta Details →	BNA 14:51 → ATL 17:04DL 3159	56m Atlanta	ATL 18:00 → MCO 19:45DL 2035	3h 54m	72%	40%
Southwest Details →	BNA 21:40 → MDW 19:10WN 578	1h 25m Chicago	MDW 20:35 → MCO 00:35 +1WN 2821	1h 30m	73%	33%

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

MDW · 1h 15m · leaves 05:10 2%

ATL · 1h 05m · leaves 05:10 5%

IAD · 1h 18m · leaves 08:30 6%

Afternoon and evening

IAD · 54m · leaves 13:35 26%

ATL · 1h 08m · leaves 18:54 30%

CLT · 1h 10m · leaves 16:30 39%

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.


Delta DL 2250 BNA 08:33 → ATL Frontier F9 4556 ATL 12:34 → MCO Connection details →	1h 54m	4h 42m	98%	71%
Delta DL 2802 BNA 07:30 → ATL Southwest WN 215 ATL 12:02 → MCO Connection details →	2h 18m	5h 02m	95%	64%
Southwest WN 446 BNA 18:35 → ATL Delta DL 1562 ATL 23:29 → MCO Connection details →	2h 41m	5h 30m	89%	63%

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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