Historical on-time performance
Nashville to Long Beach
1,785 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on BNA–LGB arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights
based on 343 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time77%Medianon timep9040 minCancel0.3%Flights343
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline25%
- Weather3%
- Air traffic (NAS)10%
- Late aircraft63%
- 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 → LGB
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 79% to 87% on time.
- Afternoons87% on time · p90 15 min · 60 flights · limited
- Middays79% on time · p90 30 min · 969 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 84% on time.
- Tuesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 157 flights · limited
- Saturdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 161 flights · limited
- Wednesdays83% on time · p90 20 min · 157 flights · limited
- Sundays81% on time · p90 20 min · 161 flights · limited
- Mondays77% on time · p90 30 min · 157 flights · limited
- Thursdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 156 flights · limited
- Fridays70% on time · p90 40 min · 156 flights · limited
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