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 42% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	OMA	BNA	1h 45m	76%	0.5%	401	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.


United Details →	OMA 06:00 → DEN 06:49UA 1442	1h 11m Denver	DEN 08:00 → BNA 11:42UA 605	5h 42m	96%	87%
Delta Details →	OMA 08:00 → MSP 09:25DL 3512 · flown by SkyWest	3h 30m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → BNA 15:00DL 2843	7h 00m	96%	85%
Delta Details →	OMA 06:25 → DTW 09:30DL 4110 · flown by SkyWest	2h 55m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → BNA 13:06DL 1557	6h 41m	97%	84%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 07:10 → ORD 09:01AA 3197	3h 28m Chicago	ORD 12:29 → BNA 14:14UA 3634 · flown by Republic	7h 04m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	OMA 05:46 → ATL 08:59DL 1136	2h 22m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	5h 47m	97%	84%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 06:15 → DEN 06:50WN 3127	3h 00m Denver	DEN 09:50 → BNA 13:33UA 1048	7h 18m	98%	78%
United Details →	OMA 06:00 → ORD 07:51UA 2427	2h 46m Chicago	ORD 10:37 → BNA 12:29UA 2414	6h 29m	98%	78%
United Details →	OMA 08:00 → IAH 10:22UA 2662	1h 33m Houston	IAH 11:55 → BNA 14:02UA 1318	6h 02m	97%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	OMA 17:03 → CLT 20:41AA 3115	1h 24m Charlotte	CLT 22:05 → BNA 22:32AA 1644	5h 29m	73%	44%
United Details →	OMA 15:13 → ORD 17:05UA 739	53m Chicago	ORD 17:58 → BNA 19:44UA 2784	4h 31m	58%	35%
American Details →	OMA 16:58 → DFW 19:05AA 2229	1h 07m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:12 → BNA 22:08AA 1500	5h 09m	51%	25%

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

DEN · 1h 11m · leaves 06:00 4%

ATL · 1h 05m · leaves 07:01 6%

ORD · 59m · leaves 07:10 12%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 15m · leaves 18:10 45%

DFW · 1h 07m · leaves 16:58 49%

MDW · 50m · leaves 16:25 76%

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