OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Nashville to Fort Lauderdale

793 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BNA–FLL arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights

based on 2,032 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.

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights1,357
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights675

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline27%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)25%
  • Late aircraft45%
  • Security1%

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 → FLL

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 2,413 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 45 min · 833 flights
  • Overnights66% on time · p90 70 min · 918 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 95 min · 793 flights
  • Afternoons63% on time · p90 75 min · 1,294 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 82% on time.

  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 802 flights
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 793 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 962 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 60 min · 896 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 55 min · 887 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 55 min · 980 flights
  • Saturdays72% on time · p90 50 min · 931 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.