OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Nashville to Columbus

338 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BNA–CMH arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,007 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights1,007

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)4%
  • Late aircraft65%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline20%
  • Weather80%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 5 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 → CMH

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 67% to 93% on time.

  • Mornings93% on time · p90 5 min · 471 flights
  • Middays90% on time · p90 10 min · 669 flights
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 40 min · 321 flights
  • Evenings72% on time · p90 55 min · 701 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 55 min · 393 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 87% on time.

  • Wednesdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 364 flights
  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 367 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 373 flights
  • Fridays79% on time · p90 25 min · 373 flights
  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 349 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 40 min · 360 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 369 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.