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Route Reliability

Cincinnati → Nashville

CVG–BNA · 230 miles · Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Nashville International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
460
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 460 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CVG–BNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 57% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

CVG–BNA flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Wednesdays and just 76% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

CVG–BNA flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(63 flights)
  • Tue86%(64 flights)
  • Wed94%(64 flights)
  • Thu80%(65 flights)
  • Fri80%(65 flights)
  • Sat88%(69 flights)
  • Sun76%(66 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(94 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(275 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(24 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(63 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 77% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%30
July 202580%30
August 202587%31
September 202593%30
October 202587%31
November 202582%34
December 202573%33
January 202690%30
February 202696%28
March 202681%57
April 202685%60
May 202674%62

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Based on 460 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.