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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → Nashville

LAXBNA · 1,798 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Nashville International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
2,280
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines86%908 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines82%907 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines77%385 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (80 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LAX–BNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 69% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LAX–BNA flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 78%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 77%.

Recent months have been rougher.

LAX–BNA flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% 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
  • Mon86%(343 flights)
  • Tue86%(297 flights)
  • Wed88%(306 flights)
  • Thu81%(324 flights)
  • Fri82%(348 flights)
  • Sat82%(275 flights)
  • Sun78%(353 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(129 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(503 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(600 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(264 flights)
  • 3–6 PM90%(174 flights)
  • 6–9 PM78%(193 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM86%(383 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 84% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%188
July 202585%193
August 202593%186
September 202593%187
October 202584%208
November 202579%175
December 202585%194
January 202686%154
February 202681%151
March 202675%195
April 202682%200
May 202673%215

Based on 2,280 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.