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Route Reliability

Nashville → Seattle

BNASEA · 1,978 miles · Nashville International Airport to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
1,475
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 Lines84%504 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines71%843 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines57%128 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BNA–SEA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 52% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

BNA–SEA flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Wednesdays and just 66% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines has a clear lead on this route.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 84% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 57%.

Trending in the right direction.

BNA–SEA flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% 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
  • Mon74%(213 flights)
  • Tue78%(204 flights)
  • Wed82%(201 flights)
  • Thu69%(206 flights)
  • Fri66%(211 flights)
  • Sat79%(211 flights)
  • Sun71%(212 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM81%(724 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(144 flights)
  • 12–3 PM52%(42 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(335 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(213 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 73% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%172
July 202573%186
August 202564%174
September 202576%135
October 202579%114
November 202577%88
December 202557%89
January 202671%75
February 202684%76
March 202672%90
April 202685%118
May 202681%141

Based on 1,475 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.