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Route Reliability

Nashville → Tampa

BNATPA · 612 miles · Nashville International Airport to Tampa International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
2,492
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%713 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines74%1,758 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (21 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BNA–TPA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 47% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BNA–TPA flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 74%.

Slipping a little lately.

BNA–TPA flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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
  • Mon75%(353 flights)
  • Tue78%(343 flights)
  • Wed81%(341 flights)
  • Thu75%(365 flights)
  • Fri73%(356 flights)
  • Sat79%(311 flights)
  • Sun71%(392 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(191 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(612 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(312 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(538 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(385 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(326 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM47%(97 flights)
On-time trend by month
63%
May

Jun 72% → May 63% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%220
July 202571%224
August 202582%199
September 202587%189
October 202571%213
November 202578%194
December 202571%199
January 202685%189
February 202679%183
March 202676%217
April 202680%215
May 202663%219

Based on 2,492 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.