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Route Reliability

Denver → Nashville

DEN–BNA · 1,013 miles · Denver International Airport to Nashville International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
3,665
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines78%1,160 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines74%2,152 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines72%353 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–BNA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 52% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

DEN–BNA flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 71%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 72%.

Slipping a little lately.

DEN–BNA flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% 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%(567 flights)
  • Tue73%(440 flights)
  • Wed80%(479 flights)
  • Thu71%(563 flights)
  • Fri74%(579 flights)
  • Sat82%(412 flights)
  • Sun72%(591 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(246 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(574 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(772 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(677 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(748 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(572 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM52%(42 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 61% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%345
July 202560%359
August 202575%328
September 202579%315
October 202578%323
November 202581%288
December 202573%278
January 202686%242
February 202687%252
March 202677%304
April 202681%283
May 202670%314

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Based on 3,665 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.