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Route Reliability

Norfolk → Nashville

ORF–BNA · 585 miles · Norfolk International Airport to Nashville International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
424
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 424 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORF–BNA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

ORF–BNA flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 75%.

Recent months have been rougher.

ORF–BNA flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(52 flights)
  • Tue86%(51 flights)
  • Wed83%(52 flights)
  • Thu75%(52 flights)
  • Fri80%(51 flights)
  • Sat86%(73 flights)
  • Sun81%(89 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(13 flights)
  • 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(197 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(130 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(37 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(37 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(5 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 82% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%38
July 202566%38
August 202581%37
September 202597%34
October 202583%35
November 202582%34
December 202576%33
January 202693%30
February 202693%28
March 202686%35
April 202673%37
May 202673%41

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Based on 424 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.