Historical on-time performance
Fort Lauderdale to Nashville
793 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on FLL–BNA arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights
based on 2,033 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesbestOn-time78%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.8%Flights1,356
- Spirit AirlinesOn-time74%Medianon timep9055 minCancel1.2%Flights677
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline30%
- Weather3%
- Air traffic (NAS)27%
- Late aircraft40%
- 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 FLL → 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 · 1,767 flights
- Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,220 flights
- Evenings64% on time · p90 70 min · 1,305 flights
- Overnights61% on time · p90 80 min · 1,026 flights
- Afternoons60% on time · p90 90 min · 943 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 80% on time.
- Tuesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 803 flights
- Wednesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 796 flights
- Mondays74% on time · p90 60 min · 897 flights
- Thursdays74% on time · p90 55 min · 966 flights
- Fridays73% on time · p90 45 min · 890 flights
- Saturdays70% on time · p90 60 min · 932 flights
- Sundays65% on time · p90 70 min · 977 flights
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