Route Reliability
Nashville → Dallas–Fort Worth
BNA–DFW · 631 miles · Nashville International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
- 75%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 16 min
- Average arrival delay
- 3.3%
- Cancelled
- 3,510
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Airlines on this route
- American Airlines75% on time · 3,431 flights
- Frontier Airlines80% on time · 79 flights
Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
BNA–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 59% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
BNA–DFW flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 70%.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 3.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Recent months have been rougher.
BNA–DFW flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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
- Mon71%(500 flights)
- Tue81%(457 flights)
- Wed77%(466 flights)
- Thu77%(514 flights)
- Fri75%(507 flights)
- Sat74%(424 flights)
- Sun70%(514 flights)
- 3–6 AM91%(347 flights)
- 6–9 AM84%(768 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM84%(697 flights)
- 12–3 PM74%(365 flights)
- 3–6 PM59%(733 flights)
- 6–9 PM60%(470 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM—(2 flights)
Jun 64% → May 71% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 64% | 294 |
| July 2025 | 64% | 306 |
| August 2025 | 71% | 279 |
| September 2025 | 79% | 279 |
| October 2025 | 74% | 307 |
| November 2025 | 78% | 246 |
| December 2025 | 82% | 266 |
| January 2026 | 82% | 272 |
| February 2026 | 84% | 261 |
| March 2026 | 77% | 270 |
| April 2026 | 77% | 288 |
| May 2026 | 71% | 314 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 3,510 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.