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Route Reliability

Tampa → Nashville

TPA–BNA · 612 miles · Tampa International Airport to Nashville International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
2,493
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines76%1,759 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines72%713 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (21 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

TPA–BNA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 52% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Monday if you can.

TPA–BNA flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 70%.

Southwest Airlines has a slight edge here.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 76% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 72%.

Slipping a little lately.

TPA–BNA flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon70%(353 flights)
  • Tue78%(341 flights)
  • Wed83%(343 flights)
  • Thu73%(367 flights)
  • Fri71%(356 flights)
  • Sat77%(312 flights)
  • Sun72%(394 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(31 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(329 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(422 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(596 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(539 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(497 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM52%(52 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 66% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%222
July 202567%223
August 202574%203
September 202589%189
October 202578%214
November 202580%195
December 202571%200
January 202687%189
February 202670%183
March 202669%215
April 202681%215
May 202669%218

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Based on 2,493 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.