BNA → LAX Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Nashville, TN to Los Angeles, CA · 927 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 40 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 55% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+40 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from BNA to LAX?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on BNA → LAX (927 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +1 min; the worst 10% ran +40 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time65571%
16-30 min11713%
31-60 min9510%
61-120 min445%
2+ hrs81%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077073%+14 min
2025-086578%0 min
2025-096477%+5 min
2025-107971%+13 min
2025-117678%+5 min
2025-127768%+7 min
2026-016688%-10 min
2026-027375%-4 min
2026-038691%-8 min
2026-048562%+17 min
2026-058860%+16 min
2026-069044%+22 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13567%
Tue12679%
Wed12074%
Thu13174%
Fri13772%
Sat12073%
Sun15063%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…