OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Washington to Nashville

562 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DCA–BNA arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.6%of scheduled flights

based on 4,087 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 Airways
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights1,684
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights1,491
  • American Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights94
  • Envoy Air
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights30
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time49%
    Median10 min
    p90110 min
    Cancel10.3%
    Flights788

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline23%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)23%
  • Late aircraft50%
  • 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 DCA → BNA

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 — 90% on time.

  • Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 2,332 flights
  • Middays83% on time · p90 25 min · 3,638 flights
  • Overnights76% on time · p90 55 min · 1,356 flights
  • Afternoons75% on time · p90 45 min · 2,290 flights
  • Evenings65% on time · p90 75 min · 2,370 flights

Best day of week

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

  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,329 flights
  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,799 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,793 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,796 flights
  • Sundays77% on time · p90 40 min · 1,740 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 1,761 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 50 min · 1,768 flights
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Related pages

Delay predictorfor this route→DCA airportWashington→BNA airportNashville→Republic Airways on this routecarrier detail→Republic Airwaysairline profile→

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.