OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Nashville to Orlando

616 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BNA–MCO arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.6%of scheduled flights

based on 3,320 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.

  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel4.4%
    Flights790
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights2,530

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline25%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)26%
  • Late aircraft47%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline32%
  • Weather57%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 53 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 → MCO

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 — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 3,171 flights
  • Middays78% on time · p90 35 min · 1,829 flights
  • Afternoons69% on time · p90 65 min · 1,594 flights
  • Overnights66% on time · p90 55 min · 1,098 flights
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 75 min · 1,805 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 84% on time.

  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 1,195 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,217 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 45 min · 1,388 flights
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 1,504 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 45 min · 1,388 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 1,329 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 60 min · 1,476 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.