WN686 NashvilleBNA · 18:45 TampaTPA · 21:35
WN686 by Southwest Airlines flies from Nashville (BNA) to Tampa (TPA).
scheduled from BNA
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at BNA and TPA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.
Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →
When it flies
scheduled departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Nashville to Tampa flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN686 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Nashville to Tampa on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →
How WN686 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN686 across the BNA and TPA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left heavily delayed (~48 min) but landed noticeably late (~24 min). Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN686 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N8786Q.
Board clocks recorded as BNA and TPA published them.
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Pro Flight Search — WN686 Nashville to Tampa on-time performance, measured from the BNA and TPA airport boards.
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