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Route Reliability

New York → Nashville

LGA–BNA · 764 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Nashville International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
4.5%
Cancelled
4,447
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 Lines75%1,663 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines73%1,340 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines71%1,444 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LGA–BNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 58% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–BNA flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 67%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 75% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 71%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon78%(618 flights)
  • Tue74%(643 flights)
  • Wed75%(643 flights)
  • Thu70%(628 flights)
  • Fri72%(641 flights)
  • Sat78%(452 flights)
  • Sun67%(611 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(767 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(1074 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(748 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(825 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(603 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM58%(219 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 72% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%346
July 202570%355
August 202584%366
September 202586%362
October 202562%370
November 202565%352
December 202561%345
January 202685%330
February 202684%314
March 202667%343
April 202672%374
May 202672%379

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 4,447 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.