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 7 am and 1 time in 5 at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	RSW	BNA	2h 10m	80%	0.7%	806	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 Fort Myers). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	RSW 06:45 → ATL 08:33DL 1361	2h 48m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	5h 48m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	RSW 05:37 → ATL 07:23DL 1385	1h 08m Atlanta	ATL 08:31 → BNA 08:43DL 3069	4h 06m	95%	85%
Southwest Details →	RSW 06:15 → MCO 07:15WN 4872	3h 45m Orlando	MCO 11:00 → BNA 12:00WN 4713	6h 45m	100%	82%
United Details →	RSW 07:00 → ORD 09:23UA 1554	1h 14m Chicago	ORD 10:37 → BNA 12:29UA 2414	6h 29m	98%	79%
Southwest Details →	RSW 06:30 → BWI 08:50WN 3463	55m Baltimore	BWI 09:45 → BNA 10:35WN 487	5h 05m	91%	77%
Southwest Details →	RSW 06:00 → STL 07:30WN 3471	3h 55m St Louis	STL 11:25 → BNA 12:35WN 1110	7h 35m	100%	77%
Delta Details →	RSW 08:03 → ATL 09:52DL 1395	3h 59m Atlanta	ATL 13:51 → BNA 14:00DL 3159	6h 57m	99%	76%
American Details →	RSW 06:22 → CLT 08:20AA 1097	3h 00m Charlotte	CLT 11:20 → BNA 12:02AA 5082 · flown by PSA	6h 40m	99%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	RSW 14:04 → DCA 16:37AA 2448	1h 09m Washington	DCA 17:46 → BNA 18:58AA 1163	5h 54m	74%	43%
Delta Details →	RSW 17:46 → DTW 20:44DL 2559	51m Detroit	DTW 21:35 → BNA 22:15DL 2126	5h 29m	59%	43%
American Details →	RSW 12:06 → PHL 14:54AA 2445	47m Philadelphia	PHL 15:41 → BNA 17:01AA 1505	5h 55m	58%	34%

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 · 55m · leaves 06:15 2%

ORD · 1h 14m · leaves 07:00 2%

ATL · 1h 19m · leaves 06:45 4%

Afternoon and evening

DCA · 1h 01m · leaves 18:24 34%

DTW · 51m · leaves 17:46 41%

DFW · 1h 06m · leaves 18:22 43%

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.


Southwest WN 4872 RSW 06:15 → MCO Frontier F9 1285 MCO 09:05 → BNA Connection details →	1h 50m	5h 02m	100%	80%
American AA 803 RSW 06:15 → ORD United UA 2414 ORD 10:37 → BNA Connection details →	2h 04m	7h 14m	100%	78%
United UA 2494 RSW 12:28 → ORD American AA 3383 ORD 17:11 → BNA Connection details →	2h 18m	7h 26m	95%	56%

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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