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 16% of the time at 8 am and 58% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	DFW	BNA	2h 02m	79%	5.7%	87	Flying now
American	DFW	BNA	1h 54m	67%	3.0%	3,449	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	1h 07m Denver	DEN 08:00 → BNA 11:42UA 605	5h 57m	97%	87%
Delta Details →	DFW 07:00 → MSP 09:30DL 1276	3h 25m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → BNA 15:00DL 2843	8h 00m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:29 → DTW 09:10DL 2183	3h 15m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → BNA 13:06DL 1557	7h 37m	98%	84%
United Details →	DFW 07:08 → ORD 09:50UA 1695	2h 39m Chicago	ORD 12:29 → BNA 14:14UA 3634 · flown by Republic	7h 06m	98%	84%
United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	1h 18m Houston	IAH 07:40 → BNA 09:47UA 2174	4h 37m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	2h 39m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	6h 03m	99%	84%
United Details →	DFW 07:20 → IAD 11:26UA 2639	1h 24m Dulles	IAD 12:50 → BNA 13:49UA 213	6h 29m	95%	81%
American Details →	DFW 06:10 → PHX 06:49AA 1818	1h 41m Phoenix	PHX 08:30 → BNA 14:02AA 3073	7h 52m	93%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 08:34 → CLT 12:14AA 1690	48m Charlotte	CLT 13:02 → BNA 13:30AA 3047	4h 56m	70%	45%
American Details →	DFW 15:30 → ORD 18:16AA 2740	1h 24m Chicago	ORD 19:40 → BNA 21:25AA 6326 · flown by SkyWest	5h 55m	71%	34%
American Details →	DFW 09:30 → LGA 13:59AA 3053	46m New York	LGA 14:45 → BNA 16:24AA 4372 · flown by Republic	6h 56m	43%	30%

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

IAH · 1h 18m · leaves 05:10 2%

DEN · 1h 07m · leaves 05:45 3%

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 05:30 4%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 1h 10m · leaves 21:36 43%

TPA · 1h 04m · leaves 12:20 43%

MIA · 49m · leaves 18:10 58%

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.


American AA 3390 DFW 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 2867 ATL 11:21 → BNA Connection details →	2h 08m	5h 33m	98%	86%
American AA 2152 DFW 07:17 → MSP Delta DL 2843 MSP 12:55 → BNA Connection details →	3h 14m	7h 43m	99%	86%
American AA 3075 DFW 06:00 → ORD United UA 3634 ORD 12:29 → BNA Connection details →	3h 50m	8h 14m	96%	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