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Route Reliability

Indianapolis → Nashville

IND–BNA · 249 miles · Indianapolis International Airport to Nashville International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.2%
Cancelled
464
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 464 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IND–BNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 39% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

IND–BNA flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays and just 73% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 464 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

IND–BNA flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 96% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon82%(65 flights)
  • Tue88%(66 flights)
  • Wed91%(64 flights)
  • Thu73%(66 flights)
  • Fri78%(67 flights)
  • Sat84%(64 flights)
  • Sun78%(69 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM96%(136 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(11 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(202 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(56 flights)
  • 6–9 PM39%(56 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 86% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202586%29
July 202571%31
August 202587%31
September 202590%30
October 202574%31
November 202572%32
December 202594%31
January 202693%29
February 2026100%28
March 202681%58
April 202683%69
May 202668%62

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Based on 464 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.