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 8% of the time at 11 am and 1 time in 3 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MEM	BNA	1h 00m	76%	0.4%	515	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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.


Delta Details →	MEM 05:15 → ATL 07:35DL 1666	3h 46m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	6h 18m	98%	84%
Southwest Details →	MEM 06:00 → MCO 09:00WN 4596	2h 00m Orlando	MCO 11:00 → BNA 12:00WN 4713	6h 00m	100%	84%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 06:21 → ORD 08:29AA 4279 · flown by Envoy	2h 08m Chicago	ORD 10:37 → BNA 12:29UA 2414	6h 08m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	MEM 06:30 → DTW 09:23DL 2370	3h 02m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → BNA 13:06DL 1557	6h 36m	96%	81%
United Details →	MEM 07:25 → ORD 09:30UA 247	2h 59m Chicago	ORD 12:29 → BNA 14:14UA 3634 · flown by Republic	6h 49m	96%	79%
Delta Details →	MEM 06:20 → ATL 08:44DL 1624	1h 08m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → BNA 10:06DL 1155	3h 45m	92%	77%
United Details →	MEM 07:00 → IAH 08:46UA 537	3h 09m Houston	IAH 11:55 → BNA 14:02UA 1318	7h 02m	98%	77%
American Details →	MEM 05:00 → CLT 07:46AA 978	1h 19m Charlotte	CLT 09:05 → BNA 09:49AA 5083 · flown by PSA	4h 49m	93%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MEM 18:49 → CLT 21:50AA 5269 · flown by PSA	1h 27m Charlotte	CLT 23:17 → BNA 23:48AA 526	4h 59m	74%	50%
American Details →	MEM 11:15 → PHL 14:40AA 5277 · flown by PSA	1h 01m Philadelphia	PHL 15:41 → BNA 17:01AA 1505	5h 46m	66%	38%
American Details →	MEM 17:19 → DFW 19:09AA 3678 · flown by Envoy	1h 03m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:12 → BNA 22:08AA 1500	4h 48m	69%	36%

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

EWR · 1h 12m · leaves 06:00 5%

ORD · 1h 15m · leaves 06:36 6%

CLT · 1h 19m · leaves 05:00 7%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 48m · leaves 14:20 50%

DAL · 50m · leaves 14:30 67%

DEN · 58m · leaves 17:42 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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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