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 75-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 5 at 8 pm.

Nonstops


American	BNA	PHL	2h 08m	78%	3.4%	1,772	Flying now
Southwest	BNA	PHL	2h 00m	70%	1.1%	934	Flying now
Spirit	BNA	PHL	2h 00m	80%	0.0%	60	Not flying now
Frontier	BNA	PHL	2h 09m	65%	3.7%	135	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Philadelphia on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Philadelphia 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	2h 15m Chicago	MDW 09:00 → PHL 11:55WN 4901	5h 45m	100%	96%
Southwest Details →	BNA 06:15 → STL 07:35WN 679	2h 25m St Louis	STL 10:00 → PHL 13:10WN 3222	5h 55m	100%	87%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:05 → DTW 08:49DL 2439	1h 21m Detroit	DTW 10:10 → PHL 11:46DL 2331	4h 44m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:00 → MSP 08:12DL 2221	2h 57m Minneapolis	MSP 11:09 → PHL 14:43DL 2679	7h 42m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:15 → ATL 08:31DL 3001	2h 50m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → PHL 13:24DL 2279	6h 11m	99%	82%
United Details →	BNA 08:30 → IAD 11:17UA 1709	1h 38m Dulles	IAD 12:55 → PHL 14:10UA 3541 · flown by Republic	4h 40m	96%	81%
Delta Details →	BNA 05:10 → ATL 07:20DL 2637	1h 35m Atlanta	ATL 08:55 → PHL 10:57DL 2270	4h 51m	97%	79%
American Details →	BNA 05:31 → CLT 08:00AA 1065	3h 00m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → PHL 12:43AA 2498	6h 12m	100%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	BNA 17:41 → ORD 19:55AA 1570	1h 47m Chicago	ORD 21:42 → PHL 00:55 +1AA 490	6h 15m	70%	34%
American Details →	BNA 17:27 → MIA 20:55AA 1501	1h 09m Miami	MIA 22:04 → PHL 00:55 +1AA 2188	6h 28m	41%	31%
American Details →	BNA 15:31 → DFW 17:44AA 1475	51m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:35 → PHL 22:57AA 3242	6h 26m	34%	15%

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 · 55m · leaves 05:10 4%

DFW · 1h 18m · leaves 06:01 8%

CLT · 1h 10m · leaves 07:13 15%

Afternoon and evening

MIA · 1h 09m · leaves 17:27 59%

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 16:15 61%

DFW · 51m · leaves 15:31 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.


Delta DL 3001 BNA 06:15 → ATL American AA 4338 ATL 12:25 → PHL Connection details →	3h 54m	7h 21m	99%	92%
Southwest WN 679 BNA 06:15 → STL American AA 2720 STL 11:16 → PHL Connection details →	3h 41m	7h 20m	100%	89%
Southwest WN 564 BNA 05:10 → MCO American AA 2499 MCO 09:43 → PHL Connection details →	1h 43m	6h 11m	98%	85%

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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