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Route Reliability

Portland → Nashville

PDXBNA · 1,973 miles · Portland International Airport to Nashville International Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
327
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Alaska Airlines81% on time · 318 flights
  • Southwest Airlines67% on time · 9 flights

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

What the data says

Monday is the weak spot.

PDX–BNA flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 75%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 327 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Ticking up lately.

PDX–BNA flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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%(47 flights)
  • Tue83%(47 flights)
  • Wed88%(42 flights)
  • Thu85%(46 flights)
  • Fri78%(46 flights)
  • Sat78%(51 flights)
  • Sun81%(48 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(9 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(318 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 88% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%34
July 202589%35
August 202578%32
September 202570%30
October 202580%30
November 202562%29
December 202581%31
February 2026100%12
March 202685%27
April 202693%30
May 202681%31

Based on 327 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.