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 4% of the time at 7 am and 1 time in 4 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	MSY	BNA	1h 35m	79%	0.6%	1,427	Flying now
Spirit	MSY	BNA	1h 33m	71%	0.0%	56	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	3h 28m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	6h 13m	99%	86%
United Details →	MSY 05:15 → IAH 06:34UA 2744	1h 06m Houston	IAH 07:40 → BNA 09:47UA 2174	4h 32m	96%	83%
United Details →	MSY 08:00 → IAD 11:33UA 1392	1h 17m Dulles	IAD 12:50 → BNA 13:49UA 213	5h 49m	95%	83%
Southwest Details →	MSY 05:00 → MCO 07:50WN 4663	3h 10m Orlando	MCO 11:00 → BNA 12:00WN 4713	7h 00m	100%	82%
Southwest Details →	MSY 06:05 → AUS 07:30WN 2976	1h 05m Austin	AUS 08:35 → BNA 10:40WN 4319	4h 35m	94%	81%
Southwest Details →	MSY 06:10 → TPA 08:45WN 3022	2h 15m Tampa	TPA 11:00 → BNA 11:55WN 4003	5h 45m	97%	80%
Delta Details →	MSY 06:20 → ATL 08:54DL 1534	58m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → BNA 10:06DL 1155	3h 45m	90%	77%
United Details →	MSY 07:00 → IAH 08:19UA 2124	3h 36m Houston	IAH 11:55 → BNA 14:02UA 1318	7h 02m	98%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MSY 14:35 → DEN 16:34UA 2325	56m Denver	DEN 17:30 → BNA 21:13UA 1300	6h 38m	75%	55%
American Details →	MSY 16:41 → PHL 20:39AA 2061	51m Philadelphia	PHL 21:30 → BNA 22:46AA 2277	6h 05m	52%	31%
American Details →	MSY 13:50 → CLT 16:58AA 2170	59m Charlotte	CLT 17:57 → BNA 18:28AA 1497	4h 38m	52%	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

MCO · 1h 05m · leaves 07:05 2%

CLT · 1h 20m · leaves 06:53 4%

IAH · 1h 06m · leaves 05:15 4%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 59m · leaves 13:50 48%

DCA · 1h 00m · leaves 17:24 51%

MIA · 55m · leaves 18:57 55%

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 3722 MSY 07:43 → ORD United UA 3634 ORD 12:29 → BNA Connection details →	1h 59m	6h 31m	96%	85%
Southwest WN 3022 MSY 06:10 → TPA American AA 3825 TPA 11:55 → BNA Connection details →	3h 10m	6h 46m	97%	78%
Southwest WN 3242 MSY 09:00 → MCO Frontier F9 3559 MCO 15:08 → BNA Connection details →	3h 18m	7h 24m	96%	72%

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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