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Route Reliability

Nashville → New York

BNA–LGA · 764 miles · Nashville International Airport to LaGuardia Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
4.0%
Cancelled
4,447
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines77%1,663 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines72%1,444 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines72%1,340 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BNA–LGA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 62% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BNA–LGA flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Saturdays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 72%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon74%(626 flights)
  • Tue75%(651 flights)
  • Wed77%(642 flights)
  • Thu71%(629 flights)
  • Fri74%(636 flights)
  • Sat82%(450 flights)
  • Sun66%(603 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(18 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(1011 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(932 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(781 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(765 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(730 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 67% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%347
July 202568%349
August 202583%367
September 202586%363
October 202568%369
November 202566%352
December 202568%342
January 202686%332
February 202682%315
March 202658%350
April 202677%371
May 202675%380

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 4,447 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.