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 6% of the time at 10 am and 44% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	MCO	BNA	2h 16m	77%	0.0%	183	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	BNA	2h 05m	75%	1.1%	2,651	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	BNA	2h 03m	72%	5.3%	643	Not flying now
Delta	MCO	BNA	2h 08m	75%few flights	3.4%	29	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 Orlando). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	MCO 07:20 → MKE 09:10WN 4459	1h 15m Milwaukee	MKE 10:25 → BNA 11:55WN 445	5h 35m	100%	90%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	3h 29m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	6h 18m	99%	87%
United Details →	MCO 08:55 → IAD 11:14UA 276	1h 36m Dulles	IAD 12:50 → BNA 13:49UA 213	5h 54m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 29m Atlanta	ATL 08:31 → BNA 08:43DL 3069	4h 13m	96%	86%
American Details →	MCO 06:00 → MIA 07:12AA 2894	1h 09m Miami	MIA 08:21 → BNA 09:47AA 1521	4h 45m	92%	85%
American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	2h 20m Charlotte	CLT 09:05 → BNA 09:49AA 5083 · flown by PSA	5h 49m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → ATL 08:41DL 2080	1h 11m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → BNA 10:06DL 1155	4h 05m	93%	80%
Southwest Details →	MCO 09:05 → MCI 10:55WN 989	2h 30m Kansas City	MCI 13:25 → BNA 15:00WN 2533	6h 55m	100%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 11:18 → LGA 13:59AA 3114	46m New York	LGA 14:45 → BNA 16:24AA 4372 · flown by Republic	6h 08m	60%	43%
Delta Details →	MCO 17:50 → DTW 20:45DL 337	50m Detroit	DTW 21:35 → BNA 22:15DL 2126	5h 25m	56%	41%
American Details →	MCO 17:37 → PHL 20:22AA 2109	1h 08m Philadelphia	PHL 21:30 → BNA 22:46AA 2277	6h 09m	49%	28%

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

MKE · 1h 15m · leaves 07:20 0%

STL · 1h 05m · leaves 08:50 4%

EWR · 1h 15m · leaves 09:10 5%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 1h 08m · leaves 17:37 51%

MDW · 50m · leaves 18:55 69%

DFW · 1h 00m · leaves 18:26 70%

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 3018 MCO 07:51 → ORD United UA 3634 ORD 12:29 → BNA Connection details →	2h 30m	7h 23m	93%	82%
Southwest WN 2591 MCO 08:00 → ATL Delta DL 2867 ATL 11:21 → BNA Connection details →	1h 46m	4h 33m	89%	78%
Delta DL 1201 MCO 06:00 → DTW Southwest WN 1775 DTW 10:45 → BNA Connection details →	2h 07m	6h 20m	95%	78%

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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