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 90-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 7 am and 30% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	CLE	BNA	1h 35m	85%	0.6%	962	Flying now
Frontier	CLE	BNA	1h 39m	80%	2.1%	47	Not flying now
Spirit	CLE	BNA	1h 38m	93%few flights	3.2%	31	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	CLE 06:00 → IAD 07:15UA 1252	1h 15m Dulles	IAD 08:30 → BNA 09:29UA 1366	4h 29m	99%	87%
United Details →	CLE 09:00 → ORD 09:34UA 1355	2h 55m Chicago	ORD 12:29 → BNA 14:14UA 3634 · flown by Republic	6h 14m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	CLE 05:35 → ATL 07:22DL 2734	3h 59m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	6h 58m	98%	85%
Southwest Details →	CLE 05:30 → DEN 06:40WN 3930	50m Denver	DEN 07:30 → BNA 11:00WN 1648	6h 30m	93%	85%
Southwest Details →	CLE 06:00 → BWI 07:20WN 1153	2h 25m Baltimore	BWI 09:45 → BNA 10:35WN 487	5h 35m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	CLE 08:18 → DTW 09:20DL 3817 · flown by SkyWest	3h 05m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → BNA 13:06DL 1557	5h 48m	96%	84%
United Details →	CLE 06:00 → ORD 06:40UA 5265 · flown by SkyWest	2h 00m Chicago	ORD 08:40 → BNA 10:34UA 5304 · flown by SkyWest	5h 34m	92%	83%
American Details →	CLE 05:01 → CLT 06:42AA 2632	2h 23m Charlotte	CLT 09:05 → BNA 09:49AA 5083 · flown by PSA	5h 48m	98%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLE 07:09 → DFW 09:08AA 2331	52m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:00 → BNA 11:53AA 1520	5h 44m	74%	54%
Delta Details →	CLE 17:15 → JFK 19:09DL 4975 · flown by Endeavor	51m New York	JFK 20:00 → BNA 22:05DL 4908 · flown by Endeavor	5h 39m	65%	41%
United Details →	CLE 18:05 → ORD 18:44UA 1673	1h 13m Chicago	ORD 19:57 → BNA 21:45UA 2063	4h 40m	70%	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

IAD · 1h 15m · leaves 06:00 1%

PHL · 51m · leaves 07:07 5%

MSP · 1h 00m · leaves 10:48 6%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 53m · leaves 15:03 39%

CLT · 49m · leaves 19:31 43%

BWI · 50m · leaves 17:45 62%

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 5684 CLE 06:05 → BOS JetBlue B6 1807 BOS 10:28 → BNA Connection details →	2h 19m	7h 12m	95%	80%
American AA 1315 CLE 06:02 → ORD United UA 5304 ORD 08:40 → BNA Connection details →	2h 12m	5h 32m	94%	78%
Delta DL 3532 CLE 06:30 → DTW Southwest WN 1775 DTW 10:45 → BNA Connection details →	3h 14m	5h 50m	93%	77%

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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