Route Reliability
Nashville → Phoenix
BNA–PHX · 1,449 miles · Nashville International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 7 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.9%
- Cancelled
- 2,364
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.American Airlines80%545 flights
- 2.Southwest Airlines79%1,815 flights
Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (4 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
BNA–PHX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 99% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
BNA–PHX flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 75%.
Not much between American Airlines and Southwest Airlines.
On this route they all land within 79% to 80% on time. Pick on schedule and price.
Slipping a little lately.
BNA–PHX flights arrived on time 78% 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
- Mon80%(358 flights)
- Tue84%(313 flights)
- Wed81%(321 flights)
- Thu78%(360 flights)
- Fri81%(359 flights)
- Sat79%(280 flights)
- Sun75%(348 flights)
- 3–6 AM99%(209 flights)
- 6–9 AM91%(713 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM86%(149 flights)
- 12–3 PM75%(366 flights)
- 3–6 PM70%(450 flights)
- 6–9 PM63%(322 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM67%(130 flights)
Jun 71% → May 75% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 71% | 196 |
| July 2025 | 73% | 193 |
| August 2025 | 88% | 176 |
| September 2025 | 87% | 167 |
| October 2025 | 76% | 232 |
| November 2025 | 80% | 185 |
| December 2025 | 84% | 188 |
| January 2026 | 85% | 168 |
| February 2026 | 80% | 180 |
| March 2026 | 85% | 226 |
| April 2026 | 75% | 218 |
| May 2026 | 75% | 210 |
Keep nerding
Based on 2,364 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.