Route Reliability
Des Moines → Nashville
DSM–BNA · 530 miles · Des Moines International Airport to Nashville International Airport
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 15 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.7%
- Cancelled
- 178
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Allegiant Air is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 178 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The 12–3 PM departure wins.
DSM–BNA flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DSM–BNA flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Mondays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Recent months have been rougher.
DSM–BNA flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 91% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon91%(46 flights)
- Tue—(0 flights)
- Wed85%(13 flights)
- Thu69%(26 flights)
- Fri82%(51 flights)
- Sat90%(10 flights)
- Sun62%(29 flights)
- 6–9 AM—(2 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM83%(30 flights)
- 12–3 PM89%(46 flights)
- 3–6 PM85%(26 flights)
- 6–9 PM71%(62 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM—(9 flights)
Jun 81% → May 85% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 81% | 26 |
| July 2025 | 62% | 26 |
| August 2025 | 84% | 19 |
| September 2025 | 94% | 17 |
| October 2025 | 94% | 18 |
| November 2025 | 79% | 14 |
| December 2025 | 60% | 10 |
| May 2026 | 85% | 13 |
Keep nerding
Based on 178 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.