OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Nashville to Charlotte

329 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BNA–CLT arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.9%of scheduled flights

based on 3,445 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • American Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights2,247
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights694
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.4%
    Flights504

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline39%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft47%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline16%
  • Weather75%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 64 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BNA → CLT

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 60% to 82% on time.

  • Middays82% on time · p90 25 min · 2,952 flights
  • Mornings81% on time · p90 25 min · 3,617 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 65 min · 2,273 flights
  • Overnights62% on time · p90 70 min · 316 flights
  • Evenings60% on time · p90 80 min · 2,251 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 78% on time.

  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,570 flights
  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,521 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 1,484 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 50 min · 1,710 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 55 min · 1,702 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 45 min · 1,682 flights
  • Sundays70% on time · p90 60 min · 1,740 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.