Southwest Airlines BNA to DCA on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Nashville to Washington · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
25 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
51 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on BNA to DCA arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.5% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (37%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft37%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion35%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on BNA to DCA
- Republic Airways75% on time · 17 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines67% on time · 38 min avg delay
- American Airlines76% on time · 20 min avg delay
- Envoy Air71% on time · 19 min avg delay
Full BNA to DCA comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,678 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 25 cancelled, 9 diverted.
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.