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

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Allegiant	RIC	BNA	1h 52m	84%	0.0%	68	Flying now
Southwest	RIC	BNA	1h 50m	77%	0.5%	399	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 (Nashville is 1 h behind Richmond). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	RIC 07:00 → ATL 08:48DL 1402	2h 33m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	5h 33m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	RIC 05:45 → ATL 07:20DL 1460	2h 32m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → BNA 10:06DL 1155	5h 20m	98%	83%
American Details →	RIC 06:00 → ORD 07:34AA 4512 · flown by Republic	55m Chicago	ORD 08:29 → BNA 10:11AA 3439 · flown by Envoy	5h 12m	96%	83%
Southwest Details →	RIC 06:15 → BWI 07:10WN 3438	2h 35m Baltimore	BWI 09:45 → BNA 10:35WN 487	5h 20m	100%	83%
Delta + JetBluetwo ticketsDetails →	RIC 06:04 → BOS 08:00DL 5697 · flown by Republic	2h 28m Boston	BOS 10:28 → BNA 12:17B6 1807	7h 13m	96%	81%
American Details →	RIC 05:02 → CLT 06:15AA 549	2h 50m Charlotte	CLT 09:05 → BNA 09:49AA 5083 · flown by PSA	5h 47m	98%	81%
United Details →	RIC 06:00 → ORD 07:23UA 224	1h 17m Chicago	ORD 08:40 → BNA 10:34UA 5304 · flown by SkyWest	5h 34m	91%	80%
United Details →	RIC 06:30 → IAD 07:33UA 4503 · flown by GoJet	57m Dulles	IAD 08:30 → BNA 09:29UA 1366	3h 59m	87%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	RIC 07:30 → PHL 08:44AA 5830 · flown by Piedmont	51m Philadelphia	PHL 09:35 → BNA 10:51AA 3221	4h 21m	71%	59%
United Details →	RIC 17:24 → ORD 18:53UA 3635 · flown by Republic	1h 04m Chicago	ORD 19:57 → BNA 21:45UA 2063	5h 21m	71%	32%
American Details →	RIC 15:39 → CLT 17:05AA 5370 · flown by PSA	52m Charlotte	CLT 17:57 → BNA 18:28AA 1497	3h 49m	51%	29%

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

CLT · 1h 11m · leaves 06:30 5%

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 05:45 7%

ORD · 1h 17m · leaves 06:00 9%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 55m · leaves 17:40 24%

ORD · 1h 04m · leaves 17:24 29%

CLT · 52m · leaves 15:39 49%

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