Historical on-time performance
Cincinnati to Nashville
230 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on CVG–BNA arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%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-time80%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.6%Flights343
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline18%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)21%
- Late aircraft59%
- 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 CVG → BNA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 84% on time.
- Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 423 flights
- Afternoons66% on time · p90 40 min · 128 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 91% on time.
- Saturdays91% on time · p90 10 min · 86 flights · limited
- Tuesdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 83 flights · limited
- Wednesdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 83 flights · limited
- Mondays79% on time · p90 35 min · 82 flights · limited
- Thursdays78% on time · p90 30 min · 81 flights · limited
- Fridays73% on time · p90 30 min · 82 flights · limited
- Sundays73% on time · p90 70 min · 84 flights · limited
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