Carrier performance at one airport
YX→BNA
Republic Airways at Nashville International
- Departures
- 7,222
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
- Routes
- 10
- Rank here
- #9 of 13
Republic Airways at Nashville carries a cancellation problem, not just a delay problem: 3.5% of scheduled flights never operate, against 1.8% nationally. Of the ones that do fly, close to three flights in four arrive on time, worth a B− overall. The punctuality figure counts only flights that actually departed, so it flatters an operation that cancels this often. That rests on 7,222 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 9,316 at 84.9% on time.
Measured against the airport rather than the country, Republic Airways runs about a point behind the 76.3% weighted average across all carriers at BNA. That is the comparison worth making: every operator here works the same runways, the same airspace and the same weather.
Key figures
On time
75.2%
6,932 completed departures
Avg delay
68 min
Across delayed flights only
Cancelled
3.53%
At BNA, this carrier only
Rank here
#9
Of 13 carriers clearing the floor at BNA
These figures cover 7,222 flights between July 2025 and June 2026. Beyond the headline rate, 9.1% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule. That is the number that wrecks a connection, and it is not visible in an on-time percentage alone.
Against the competition
Every carrier at BNA, ranked
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 84.9% of the time; Alaska Airlines manages 71.2%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 1,161 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 9,316 | 84.9% | 81 min | 1.74% | B |
| United Airlines | 6,723 | 77.0% | 83 min | 1.43% | B |
| American Airlines | 9,460 | 76.5% | 99 min | 2.33% | B |
| Allegiant Air | 2,267 | 76.4% | 96 min | 0.62% | B+ |
| Spirit Airlines | 2,338 | 76.1% | 82 min | 3.51% | B− |
| Envoy Air | 2,182 | 75.4% | 69 min | 2.34% | B |
| SkyWest Airlines | 3,103 | 75.3% | 100 min | 2.16% | B |
| Southwest Airlines | 61,339 | 75.3% | 50 min | 0.87% | B+ |
| Republic Airways (this page) | 7,222 | 75.2% | 68 min | 3.53% | B− |
| PSA Airlines | 1,411 | 73.4% | 86 min | 5.60% | C− |
| Frontier Airlines | 860 | 73.3% | 89 min | 1.98% | C |
| JetBlue Airways | 1,415 | 72.8% | 68 min | 3.25% | C− |
| Alaska Airlines | 1,161 | 71.2% | 49 min | 1.12% | C |
PSA Airlines cancels 5.6% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Where Republic Airways flies from BNA
Republic Airways operates 10 routes out of BNA with enough volume to report. Route records inside one carrier at one airport still spread widely, because a short shuttle and a transcontinental have very different exposure to a late inbound.
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA to DCA · Washington | 1,861 | 75.1% | 62 min | 2.90% | B |
| BNA to LGA · New York | 1,696 | 72.5% | 71 min | 4.48% | C− |
| BNA to RDU · Raleigh | 952 | 75.5% | 59 min | 2.84% | B |
| BNA to JFK · New York | 929 | 77.1% | 67 min | 3.77% | B− |
| BNA to ORD · Chicago | 562 | 73.4% | 80 min | 2.14% | C |
| BNA to BOS · Boston | 500 | 80.9% | 90 min | 3.60% | B− |
| BNA to EWR · Newark | 396 | 75.9% | 65 min | 5.81% | B− |
| BNA to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 223 | 76.2% | 70 min | 4.04% | B− |
| BNA to MIA · Miamithin sample | 37 | 72.2% | 71 min | 2.70% | C |
| BNA to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 37 | 83.8% | 78 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Departure window
Best time of day for this operation
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 21 points, against 14 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,523 flights82.7%
- 8am–11am1,059 flights84.4%
- 11am–2pm1,760 flights77.8%
- 2pm–5pm1,208 flights68.2%
- 5pm–8pm1,545 flights63.2%
- 8pm–5am127 flights78.0%
Scale runs 55% to 90%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 63.2% on time, against 84.4% for the 8am–11am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 11am–2pm window is the busiest, with 1,760 flights scheduled in it.
Across the year
Seasonal pattern
September is the best month on the calendar at 83.8% on time. Shoulder season thins the schedule and takes the summer weather with it, and the operation gets its margin back. March was the busiest month here, with 795 flights.
Delay causes
What holds this operation up
- 39%Late-arriving aircraft
- 33%National Airspace System
- 23%Carrier
- 4%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
39% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 117,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 9 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 117,099 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 3.53%, against 1.81% nationally. That is about one flight in 30 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 9.1% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.1% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
The sample behind these figures is 7,222 flights, enough that the headline rate is stable to within roughly a point. The hour-block and month splits divide that further, so read the thinner bars with more caution than the headline.
Put together: the delay figures matter less here than the 3.53% cancellation rate. A late arrival costs you a little over an hour; a cancelled flight costs you the day. Book the 8am–11am departure so there is still a schedule behind you if it goes wrong, and treat a same-day connection as optimistic. 6,932 completed flights over 12 months sit behind that.
Common questions
Republic Airways at BNA
How often is Republic Airways at BNA delayed?
About one flight in four arrive at least 15 minutes late, which is the Department of Transportation's definition of a delayed arrival. That works out to 24.8% of the 7,222 flights in this analysis, against 22.4% nationally. Delayed flights are late by a little over an hour on average.
Which airline is most reliable on Republic Airways at BNA?
Delta Air Lines leads at 84.9% on time across 9,316 flights. Alaska Airlines is at the other end on 71.2%, a gap of 14 points. Sample size matters as much as the percentage: a rate built from a few hundred flights moves around far more than one built from ten thousand.
What time of day has the fewest delays on Republic Airways at BNA?
The 8am–11am departure window is the strongest at 84.4% on time. The 5pm–8pm window is the weakest at 63.2%, 21 points behind. Later departures inherit delays from earlier flights the same aircraft has already flown, which is why the curve slopes the way it does.
How bad are March delays on Republic Airways at BNA?
March is the weakest month at 67.1% on time, compared with 83.8% in September. Across the year that is 17 points between the best and worst months. Moving flexible dates out of that month is one of the few things that reliably helps.
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Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Updated monthly. How this data is collected.