OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Nashville to Newark

748 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BNA–EWR arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,708 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.

  • United Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel2.4%
    Flights1,356
  • Republic Airways
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel6.3%
    Flights352

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline18%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)48%
  • Late aircraft33%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline9%
  • Weather61%
  • Air traffic (NAS)30%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 54 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 → EWR

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 15 min · 1,969 flights
  • Middays76% on time · p90 60 min · 1,082 flights
  • Overnights68% on time · p90 70 min · 322 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 85 min · 1,075 flights
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 105 min · 1,410 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 79% on time.

  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 45 min · 826 flights
  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 823 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 55 min · 767 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 80 min · 879 flights
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 70 min · 870 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 70 min · 878 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 95 min · 815 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.