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 8 am and 18% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	BNA	RSW	2h 05m	74%	0.7%	807	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	BNA 06:00 → ORD 07:58UA 451	2h 37m Chicago	ORD 10:35 → RSW 14:44UA 1102	7h 44m	97%	89%
Southwest Details →	BNA 06:15 → STL 07:35WN 679	2h 30m St Louis	STL 10:05 → RSW 13:35WN 4940	6h 20m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	BNA 05:10 → MDW 06:45WN 573	2h 15m Chicago	MDW 09:00 → RSW 12:45WN 3481	6h 35m	100%	83%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:00 → MSP 08:12DL 2221	1h 17m Minneapolis	MSP 09:29 → RSW 13:53DL 2400	6h 53m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	BNA 07:30 → ATL 09:44DL 2802	3h 09m Atlanta	ATL 12:53 → RSW 14:35DL 1196	6h 04m	97%	81%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:15 → ATL 08:31DL 3001	1h 54m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → RSW 12:14DL 1153	4h 59m	98%	78%
United Details →	BNA 08:40 → IAH 11:02UA 5332 · flown by SkyWest	1h 17m Houston	IAH 12:19 → RSW 15:52UA 1361	6h 12m	91%	77%
Delta Details →	BNA 10:06 → DTW 12:46DL 2682	1h 46m Detroit	DTW 14:32 → RSW 17:27DL 1225	6h 21m	96%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	BNA 15:57 → ORD 18:05AA 6200 · flown by SkyWest	1h 24m Chicago	ORD 19:29 → RSW 23:29AA 3238	6h 30m	67%	40%
American Details →	BNA 15:31 → DFW 17:44AA 1475	1h 07m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:51 → RSW 22:38AA 1267	6h 07m	60%	33%
American Details →	BNA 10:58 → DCA 13:59AA 5085 · flown by PSA	55m Washington	DCA 14:54 → RSW 17:36AA 2454	5h 38m	55%	32%

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 17m · leaves 06:00 3%

ORD · 54m · leaves 07:40 23%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 07m · leaves 15:31 40%

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 16:15 61%

MCO · 50m · leaves 16:55 79%

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 4991 BNA 05:40 → DCA American AA 2448 DCA 10:45 → RSW Connection details →	2h 20m	6h 43m	94%	66%
Southwest WN 446 BNA 18:35 → ATL Delta DL 1217 ATL 23:15 → RSW Connection details →	2h 27m	5h 26m	79%	58%
United UA 3440 BNA 15:01 → ORD American AA 3238 ORD 19:29 → RSW Connection details →	2h 25m	7h 26m	93%	58%

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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