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Route Reliability

Nashville → Sacramento

BNA–SMF · 1,917 miles · Nashville International Airport to Sacramento International Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
346
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 346 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

BNA–SMF flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 75% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BNA–SMF flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays and just 58% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(49 flights)
  • Tue86%(43 flights)
  • Wed70%(43 flights)
  • Thu71%(49 flights)
  • Fri71%(49 flights)
  • Sat78%(60 flights)
  • Sun58%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM70%(43 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(205 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(69 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(25 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 71% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%34
July 202560%35
August 202578%32
September 202572%29
October 202581%31
November 202580%30
December 202571%31
January 202692%12
February 202658%19
March 202676%29
April 202670%30
May 202668%31

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Based on 346 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.