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Route Reliability

Houston → Nashville

IAH–BNA · 657 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Nashville International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
1,849
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines76% on time · 1,818 flights
  • Spirit Airlines60% on time · 31 flights

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

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

IAH–BNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

IAH–BNA flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 72%.

Recent months have been rougher.

IAH–BNA flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% 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%(277 flights)
  • Tue79%(241 flights)
  • Wed82%(259 flights)
  • Thu72%(268 flights)
  • Fri72%(271 flights)
  • Sat79%(238 flights)
  • Sun75%(269 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(360 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(220 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(451 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(199 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(566 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(26 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 63% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%145
July 202567%158
August 202576%158
September 202586%153
October 202582%178
November 202577%172
December 202578%165
January 202690%114
February 202687%119
March 202670%151
April 202669%165
May 202675%145

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Based on 1,849 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.