Historical on-time performance
Nashville to Cleveland
448 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on BNA–CLE arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights
based on 844 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time75%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.2%Flights844
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline24%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)8%
- Late aircraft66%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly BNA → CLE
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 57% to 89% on time.
- Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 231 flights
- Middays88% on time · p90 15 min · 929 flights
- Evenings71% on time · p90 45 min · 738 flights
- Afternoons64% on time · p90 65 min · 246 flights
- Overnights57% on time · p90 65 min · 321 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 83% on time.
- Tuesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 329 flights
- Saturdays79% on time · p90 30 min · 328 flights
- Wednesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 325 flights
- Mondays77% on time · p90 40 min · 362 flights
- Fridays74% on time · p90 35 min · 360 flights
- Thursdays74% on time · p90 40 min · 362 flights
- Sundays73% on time · p90 40 min · 399 flights
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