Southwest Airlines DCA to BNA on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Nashville · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
34 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
57 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 76% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on DCA to BNA arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (56%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft56%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DCA to BNA
- Republic Airways83% on time · 12 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines60% on time · 33 min avg delay
- American Airlines65% on time · 28 min avg delay
- Envoy Air76% on time · 15 min avg delay
Full DCA to BNA comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,677 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 34 cancelled, 5 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.