RDU → BNA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Raleigh/Durham, NC to Nashville, TN · 1,259 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 54 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 59% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
82%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+29 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on RDU → BNA (1,259 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 82% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +29 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,02382%
16-30 min1038%
31-60 min645%
61-120 min373%
2+ hrs181%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710974%+10 min
2025-0810388%0 min
2025-0910388%0 min
2025-1010680%+4 min
2025-1110982%0 min
2025-1211579%+5 min
2026-018493%-6 min
2026-028295%-6 min
2026-0311184%-1 min
2026-0410775%+9 min
2026-0511073%+10 min
2026-0610681%+9 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19782%
Tue18186%
Wed17489%
Thu19878%
Fri19679%
Sat12385%
Sun17679%

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