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Route Reliability

Nashville → Raleigh–Durham

BNA–RDU · 442 miles · Nashville International Airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
2,838
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 Lines82%626 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines76%1,260 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines75%952 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BNA–RDU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 65% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BNA–RDU flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 75%.

Slipping a little lately.

BNA–RDU flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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
  • Mon73%(427 flights)
  • Tue81%(407 flights)
  • Wed85%(406 flights)
  • Thu73%(426 flights)
  • Fri75%(425 flights)
  • Sat84%(284 flights)
  • Sun71%(404 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(219 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(732 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(523 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(545 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(759 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 67% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%218
July 202569%220
August 202582%216
September 202589%239
October 202571%249
November 202580%235
December 202573%233
January 202684%203
February 202685%214
March 202675%258
April 202676%248
May 202673%246

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Based on 2,838 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.