Southwest Airlines RDU to BNA on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Nashville · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.0%
13 flights
Avg arrival delay
10 min
47 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 81% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on RDU to BNA arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (60%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft60%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security2%
Other airlines on RDU to BNA
- Republic Airways80% on time · 15 min avg delay
Full RDU to BNA comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,260 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 13 cancelled, 1 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.