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 28% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	SAT	BNA	2h 10m	79%	0.5%	949	Flying now
Spirit	SAT	BNA	–	33%few flights	0.0%	3	Not 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 →	SAT 06:30 → SLC 08:24DL 2592	1h 01m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:25 → BNA 13:44DL 2214	7h 14m	95%	85%
United Details →	SAT 05:40 → DEN 06:57UA 1464	1h 03m Denver	DEN 08:00 → BNA 11:42UA 605	6h 02m	93%	85%
Delta Details →	SAT 05:15 → DTW 09:22DL 2497	3h 03m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → BNA 13:06DL 1557	7h 51m	99%	85%
United Details →	SAT 06:40 → ORD 09:38UA 1332	2h 51m Chicago	ORD 12:29 → BNA 14:14UA 3634 · flown by Republic	7h 34m	98%	84%
United Details →	SAT 07:00 → IAD 11:27UA 471	1h 23m Dulles	IAD 12:50 → BNA 13:49UA 213	6h 49m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	SAT 05:25 → ATL 08:53DL 1073	2h 28m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → BNA 11:33DL 2867	6h 08m	97%	84%
Southwest Details →	SAT 05:00 → MCO 08:45WN 4608	2h 15m Orlando	MCO 11:00 → BNA 12:00WN 4713	7h 00m	100%	84%
United Details →	SAT 05:30 → IAH 06:37UA 469	1h 03m Houston	IAH 07:40 → BNA 09:47UA 2174	4h 17m	96%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SAT 14:15 → IAH 15:27UA 6281 · flown by Mesa	53m Houston	IAH 16:20 → BNA 18:27UA 2165	4h 12m	74%	36%
American Details →	SAT 17:35 → DFW 18:59AA 3311	1h 13m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:12 → BNA 22:08AA 1500	4h 32m	69%	34%
American Details →	SAT 13:44 → DFW 15:04AA 4084 · flown by Envoy	46m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:50 → BNA 17:48AA 1490	4h 04m	71%	24%

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

ATL · 1h 15m · leaves 06:40 3%

IAH · 1h 03m · leaves 05:30 4%

SLC · 1h 01m · leaves 06:30 5%

Afternoon and evening

MDW · 1h 18m · leaves 14:48 20%

IAH · 55m · leaves 16:18 28%

DFW · 1h 13m · leaves 17:35 31%

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