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Route Reliability

Dallas–Fort Worth → Nashville

DFWBNA · 631 miles · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to Nashville International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
67%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
3.1%
Cancelled
3,511
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines67% on time · 3,432 flights
  • Frontier Airlines83% on time · 79 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DFW–BNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 53% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DFW–BNA flights arrived on time 74% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 64%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DFW–BNA flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% 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
  • Mon67%(507 flights)
  • Tue74%(457 flights)
  • Wed70%(474 flights)
  • Thu64%(516 flights)
  • Fri65%(506 flights)
  • Sat69%(424 flights)
  • Sun64%(515 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(675 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(430 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(669 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(685 flights)
  • 6–9 PM53%(535 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM62%(405 flights)
On-time trend by month
67%
May

Jun 53% → May 67% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202553%295
July 202551%304
August 202563%285
September 202574%280
October 202571%308
November 202571%248
December 202576%265
January 202670%276
February 202682%261
March 202666%273
April 202670%290
May 202667%314

Based on 3,511 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.