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Route Reliability

Richmond → Nashville

RIC–BNA · 527 miles · Richmond International Airport to Nashville International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
460
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Southwest Airlines82% on time · 391 flights
  • Allegiant Air80% on time · 69 flights

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

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

RIC–BNA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 66% between 3–6 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

RIC–BNA flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Wednesdays and just 73% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(51 flights)
  • Tue87%(55 flights)
  • Wed94%(52 flights)
  • Thu82%(83 flights)
  • Fri79%(52 flights)
  • Sat88%(67 flights)
  • Sun73%(96 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(131 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(230 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(44 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(23 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM75%(28 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 92% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202592%38
July 202577%39
August 202580%40
September 202579%38
October 202575%40
November 202584%43
December 202577%43
January 202687%31
February 202682%28
March 202671%35
April 202689%37
May 202686%44

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Based on 460 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.