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Route Reliability

Sacramento → Nashville

SMF–BNA · 1,917 miles · Sacramento International Airport to Nashville International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
90%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
346
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 90% of the time across 346 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SMF–BNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 79% between 12–3 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

SMF–BNA flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 82%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 346 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Ticking up lately.

SMF–BNA flights arrived on time 92% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon82%(49 flights)
  • Tue88%(43 flights)
  • Wed95%(43 flights)
  • Thu94%(49 flights)
  • Fri90%(49 flights)
  • Sat93%(59 flights)
  • Sun88%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(8 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(115 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(99 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(33 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM92%(88 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 85% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%33
July 202580%35
August 202594%32
September 202597%29
October 202597%31
November 202597%30
December 202581%31
January 202692%13
February 202684%19
March 202693%29
April 202697%30
May 202687%31

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Based on 346 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.