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 3% of the time at 9 am and 31% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	SLC	BNA	3h 15m	87%	0.7%	272	Flying now
Delta	SLC	BNA	3h 22m	86%	0.5%	934	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 ahead of Salt Lake City). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	SLC 23:35 → ATL 05:15DL 912	3h 16m Atlanta	ATL 08:31 → BNA 08:43 +1DL 3069	8h 08m	100%	90%
United Details →	SLC 05:15 → DEN 06:54UA 5683 · flown by SkyWest	1h 06m Denver	DEN 08:00 → BNA 11:42UA 605	5h 27m	96%	88%
American Details →	SLC 23:56 → MIA 06:32AA 3070	1h 49m Miami	MIA 08:21 → BNA 09:47 +1AA 1521	8h 49m	94%	87%
Delta Details →	SLC 23:50 → DTW 05:19DL 2841	3h 11m Detroit	DTW 08:30 → BNA 09:11 +1DL 2682	8h 21m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	SLC 08:00 → MSP 11:32DL 2916	1h 23m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → BNA 15:00DL 2843	6h 00m	96%	84%
Delta Details →	SLC 06:00 → DTW 11:23DL 2289	1h 02m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → BNA 13:06DL 1557	6h 06m	95%	83%
Southwest Details →	SLC 07:45 → DEN 09:15WN 3738	2h 50m Denver	DEN 12:05 → BNA 15:40WN 1486	6h 55m	100%	83%
Alaska Details →	SLC 06:23 → SEA 07:35AS 1444	1h 40m Seattle	SEA 09:15 → BNA 15:40AS 1345	8h 17m	100%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SLC 11:00 → ATL 16:45DL 885	46m Atlanta	ATL 17:31 → BNA 17:50DL 719	5h 50m	67%	47%
United Details →	SLC 12:35 → ORD 17:00UA 1178	58m Chicago	ORD 17:58 → BNA 19:44UA 2784	6h 09m	66%	40%
American Details →	SLC 14:00 → DFW 17:50AA 2613	1h 24m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:14 → BNA 21:11AA 3169	6h 11m	74%	28%

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

PDX · 1h 04m · leaves 08:20 3%

DEN · 1h 08m · leaves 07:00 3%

DFW · 1h 14m · leaves 05:00 4%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 46m · leaves 11:00 33%

ORD · 58m · leaves 12:35 34%

DFW · 1h 00m · leaves 16:42 59%

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.


Delta DL 1142 SLC 20:40 → LAX American AA 2149 LAX 23:59 → BNA Connection details →	2h 14m	8h 28m	92%	82%
Delta DL 1317 SLC 07:45 → DEN Southwest WN 1486 DEN 12:05 → BNA Connection details →	2h 47m	6h 55m	99%	82%
Alaska AS 1444 SLC 06:23 → SEA Delta DL 1710 SEA 09:30 → BNA Connection details →	1h 55m	8h 39m	97%	80%

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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