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Route Reliability

Nashville → Denver

BNA–DEN · 1,013 miles · Nashville International Airport to Denver International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
3,673
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines80%1,160 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines76%353 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines74%2,160 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BNA–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 59% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

BNA–DEN flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 73%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 74%.

Slipping a little lately.

BNA–DEN flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(575 flights)
  • Tue76%(442 flights)
  • Wed75%(477 flights)
  • Thu73%(565 flights)
  • Fri76%(581 flights)
  • Sat81%(410 flights)
  • Sun77%(591 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(301 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(799 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(458 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(685 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(687 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(540 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM70%(171 flights)
On-time trend by month
67%
May

Jun 68% → May 67% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%348
July 202568%364
August 202576%324
September 202584%315
October 202579%325
November 202586%289
December 202577%278
January 202681%243
February 202678%253
March 202678%306
April 202678%283
May 202667%313

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Based on 3,673 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.