WN971 SAN → BNA

Southwest Airlines · San Diego, CA to Nashville, TN · 59 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05 · 1,751 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 58% departing 12–3pm.

WN971 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SAN → BNA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is WN971 on time?

Across 59 flights on SAN → BNA from 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05, WN971 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 75% of the time. The median arrival delay was -5 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +63 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time4475%
16-30 min58%
31-60 min35%
61-120 min58%
2+ hrs23%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112665%+13 min
2025-122983%+5 min
2026-01475%-3 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1080%
Tue978%
Wed9100%
Thu888%
Fri967%
Sat450%
Sun1050%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…