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Route Reliability

Nashville → Phoenix

BNAPHX · 1,449 miles · Nashville International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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. 1.American Airlines80%545 flights
  2. 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(358 flights)
  • Tue84%(313 flights)
  • Wed81%(321 flights)
  • Thu78%(360 flights)
  • Fri81%(359 flights)
  • Sat79%(280 flights)
  • Sun75%(348 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 71% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%196
July 202573%193
August 202588%176
September 202587%167
October 202576%232
November 202580%185
December 202584%188
January 202685%168
February 202680%180
March 202685%226
April 202675%218
May 202675%210

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.