Route reliability
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) to Nashville (BNA): which airline is most on time?
On-time arrivals, cancellations and long delays for every airline that reported nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) to Nashville, TN (BNA), September 2025 to August 2026.
Dallas/Fort Worth, TXNashville, TN
Route at a glance · September 2025 to August 2026
DFW to BNA
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Nashville, TN
- On time
- 65.2%vs 75.6% U.S. average Worse than average
- Cancelled
- 2.7%vs 1.9% U.S. average Worse than average
- 60+ min late
- 11.7%vs 8.1% U.S. average Worse than average
- Scheduled flights
- 3,544in 12 months5 airlines
- Most reliable airline
- Envoy Air78.5% on time · 214 flights
On time less often than the U.S. average, with more cancellations.
Airlines on this route
Ranked by on-time arrival
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | 60+ min late | Avg delay when late | Diverted | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Envoy Air Operating carrier; sold as American Eagle Most reliable | 78.5% | 0.9% | 6.1% | 50 min | 0.0% | 214 |
| 2. Frontier Airlines | 71.1% | 6.2% | 10.3% | 85 min | 0.0% | 97 |
| 3. American Airlines | 64.4% | 2.6% | 11.8% | 69 min | 0.2% | 3,122 |
| 4. PSA Airlines Operating carrier; sold as American Eagle | 54.9% | 7.7% | 22.0% | 83 min | 0.0% | 91 |
| SkyWest Airlines Operating carrier; sold as United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle, Alaska | Insufficient sample (fewer than 50 flights) | 20 | ||||
On time = arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Avg delay when late = average arrival delay of flights 15+ minutes late. "Most reliable" needs at least 300 flights in 12 months. Tap a heading to sort.
What this means
Envoy Air has the strongest record on this route.
- Envoy Air had the best on-time record from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) to Nashville (BNA): 78.5% of its 214 scheduled flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, compared with 54.9% for PSA Airlines.
- SkyWest Airlines also flew this route but with fewer than 50 reported flights, too few to rate.
- 2.7% of flights on this route were cancelled (about 1 in 37), 0.8 points higher than the U.S. average of 1.9%.
- 11.7% of flights, about 1 in 9, arrived an hour or more late. When a flight was late (15+ minutes), the average arrival delay was 70 min.
- Overall, 65.2% of flights on this route arrived on time, 10.4 points lower than the U.S. average of 75.6%.
- Over the last 3 years, February was the most reliable month on this route (79.4% on time) and July the least reliable (50.5%).
- Cancellations peaked in January, when 9.0% of flights were cancelled.
- Flights scheduled to depart 8 am to 9 am were the most punctual (86.0% on time); flights scheduled to depart 7 pm to 8 pm were the least (49.0%).
- In the other direction, Nashville (BNA) to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), 73.8% of flights were on time and 3.0% were cancelled. Compare airlines BNA to DFW.
Best and worst months to fly DFW to BNA
Share of scheduled flights on time 12-month average 65.2%
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| Period | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 62.3% | 875 |
| February | 79.4% | 777 |
| March | 65.0% | 879 |
| April | 67.0% | 909 |
| May | 58.5% | 979 |
| June | 51.6% | 991 |
| July | 50.5% | 994 |
| August | 61.7% | 913 |
| September | 73.7% | 780 |
| October | 75.5% | 862 |
| November | 76.9% | 748 |
| December | 75.8% | 799 |
| Airline | Best month | Worst month |
|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | May (88.4%) | January (60.0%) |
| American Airlines | February (79.7%) | July (46.4%) |
Month by month, last 12 months
Share of scheduled flights on time U.S. average 75.6%
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| Period | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 72.5% | 287 |
| Oct 2025 | 68.5% | 314 |
| Nov 2025 | 68.4% | 256 |
| Dec 2025 | 75.1% | 265 |
| Jan 2026 | 62.7% | 308 |
| Feb 2026 | 80.9% | 262 |
| Mar 2026 | 63.4% | 279 |
| Apr 2026 | 69.3% | 293 |
| May 2026 | 64.4% | 323 |
| Jun 2026 | 52.0% | 327 |
| Jul 2026 | 48.3% | 325 |
| Aug 2026 | 63.0% | 305 |
Best and worst departure times
Share of scheduled flights on time
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| Period | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| Departing 6 am to 7 am | 80.0% | 75 |
| Departing 7 am to 8 am | 82.5% | 383 |
| Departing 8 am to 9 am | 86.0% | 235 |
| Departing 9 am to 10 am | 76.4% | 165 |
| Departing 10 am to 11 am | 75.7% | 255 |
| Departing 11 am to noon | Insufficient sample | 13 |
| Departing noon to 1 pm | 69.6% | 369 |
| Departing 1 pm to 2 pm | 57.3% | 206 |
| Departing 2 pm to 3 pm | 66.4% | 137 |
| Departing 3 pm to 4 pm | 53.3% | 261 |
| Departing 4 pm to 5 pm | 55.8% | 251 |
| Departing 5 pm to 6 pm | 61.0% | 200 |
| Departing 6 pm to 7 pm | 58.7% | 184 |
| Departing 7 pm to 8 pm | 49.0% | 243 |
| Departing 8 pm to 9 pm | 49.6% | 240 |
| Departing 9 pm to 10 pm | 57.5% | 325 |
| Departing 10 pm to 11 pm | Insufficient sample | 2 |
Sources & data dates
- Source
- U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987-present)
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months); month-of-year patterns September 2023 to August 2026
- Data through
- August 2026
- Processed
- 2026-11-03
- Scope
- Nonstop scheduled flights from Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) to Nashville, TN (BNA), one direction. Airlines that report to the DOT only.
- Method
- Rates use all scheduled flights as the denominator; cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time. Figures based on fewer than 50 scheduled flights are suppressed. Full methodology.