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Route Reliability

Fort Lauderdale → Nashville

FLLBNA · 793 miles · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Nashville International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
2,169
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines74%1,399 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines72%674 flights

Not enough history to rank: Allegiant Air (96 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

FLL–BNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 58% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

FLL–BNA flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays and just 65% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Not much between Southwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines.

On this route they all land within 72% to 74% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Recent months have been rougher.

FLL–BNA flights arrived on time 66% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(308 flights)
  • Tue78%(271 flights)
  • Wed85%(264 flights)
  • Thu76%(351 flights)
  • Fri67%(308 flights)
  • Sat75%(288 flights)
  • Sun65%(339 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(5 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(542 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(363 flights)
  • 12–3 PM63%(293 flights)
  • 3–6 PM58%(273 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(501 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(152 flights)
On-time trend by month
62%
May

Jun 72% → May 62% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%181
July 202576%178
August 202579%158
September 202588%159
October 202578%197
November 202577%192
December 202561%214
January 202678%181
February 202679%181
March 202660%195
April 202675%171
May 202662%122

Based on 2,169 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.