Historical on-time performance
Nashville to Philadelphia
675 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on BNA–PHL arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights
based on 2,281 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.
- Republic AirwaysOn-time84%Medianon timep9015 minCancel2.3%Flights174
- American AirlinesOn-time69%Medianon timep9065 minCancel1.7%Flights960
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time77%Medianon timep9035 minCancel0.0%Flights833
- PSA AirlinesOn-time60%Medianon timep90100 minCancel7.7%Flights284
- Spirit AirlinesOn-time87%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.0%Flights30
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline32%
- Weather4%
- Air traffic (NAS)13%
- Late aircraft51%
- 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 → PHL
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 64% to 85% on time.
- Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 1,920 flights
- Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 2,502 flights
- Evenings70% on time · p90 60 min · 1,344 flights
- Overnights65% on time · p90 70 min · 430 flights
- Afternoons64% on time · p90 70 min · 2,090 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 79% on time.
- Wednesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,111 flights
- Tuesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,079 flights
- Saturdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 974 flights
- Thursdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 1,258 flights
- Mondays75% on time · p90 45 min · 1,266 flights
- Fridays73% on time · p90 50 min · 1,273 flights
- Sundays72% on time · p90 60 min · 1,325 flights
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