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Route Reliability

Nashville → Des Moines

BNA–DSM · 530 miles · Nashville International Airport to Des Moines International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
178
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Allegiant Air is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 178 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

BNA–DSM flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BNA–DSM flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Saturdays and just 72% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

BNA–DSM flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(45 flights)
  • Tue—(0 flights)
  • Wed77%(13 flights)
  • Thu85%(26 flights)
  • Fri84%(51 flights)
  • Sat90%(10 flights)
  • Sun72%(29 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM81%(31 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(19 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(3 flights)
  • 3–6 PM91%(55 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(56 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM80%(10 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 80% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%25
July 202573%26
August 202579%19
September 202588%17
October 2025100%18
November 202586%14
December 202550%10
May 202669%13

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Based on 178 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.