Nashville International Airport (BNA) delays & on-time performance
Nashville, Tennessee · 105 nonstop destinations · 13 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at BNA right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
1,624 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
62 min when late
Departed on time
72%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 109,436 departures from BNA; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into BNA were on time 77% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Nashville International Airport (BNA) arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 1.5% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (84% on time); Southwest Airlines was the least (74%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (94% on time); around 9pm did worst (61%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
Most delayed routes from BNA
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- PBI · West Palm Beach/Palm Beach68%365 flts
- BOS · Boston69%2,935 flts
- JAN · Jackson/Vicksburg69%366 flts
- SFO · San Francisco69%1,158 flts
- OMA · Omaha69%401 flts
- LGB · Long Beach69%365 flts
- GSP · Greer71%668 flts
- MEM · Memphis71%515 flts
- SDF · Louisville71%506 flts
- ORD · Chicago72%5,029 flts
Most reliable routes from BNA
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SLC · Salt Lake City84%1,206 flts
- ATL · Atlanta83%4,265 flts
- IAH · Houston83%1,409 flts
- TUL · Tulsa83%514 flts
- ORF · Norfolk82%423 flts
- ALB · Albany82%436 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis82%1,745 flts
- VPS · Valparaiso82%818 flts
- PVD · Providence81%380 flts
- AUS · Austin80%3,028 flts
Best airline at BNA
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 84% | 1.9% | 13 min | 10 | 9,357 |
| American Airlines | 77% | 2.2% | 23 min | 12 | 9,431 |
| United Airlines | 77% | 1.4% | 20 min | 7 | 6,844 |
| Spirit Airlines | 77% | 3.8% | 20 min | 18 | 2,020 |
| Allegiant Air | 76% | 0.7% | 24 min | 29 | 2,255 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 76% | 2.2% | 25 min | 7 | 3,043 |
| Republic Airways | 76% | 3.5% | 18 min | 11 | 7,075 |
| Envoy Air | 75% | 2.4% | 19 min | 8 | 2,318 |
| Frontier Airlines | 74% | 1.9% | 23 min | 8 | 882 |
| Southwest Airlines | 74% | 0.8% | 14 min | 79 | 62,118 |
| JetBlue | 73% | 4.0% | 19 min | 3 | 1,482 |
| PSA Airlines | 73% | 5.2% | 27 min | 5 | 1,451 |
| Alaska Airlines | 71% | 1.0% | 15 min | 2 | 1,160 |
Best time to fly out of BNA
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am94%4,169 flts
- 6am88%7,192 flts
- 7am88%8,984 flts
- 8am87%6,596 flts
- 9am88%6,040 flts
- 10am84%7,018 flts
- 11am78%5,967 flts
- 12pm80%6,644 flts
- 1pm73%6,727 flts
- 2pm71%6,645 flts
- 3pm70%6,174 flts
- 4pm65%6,754 flts
- 5pm65%7,621 flts
- 6pm64%7,647 flts
- 7pm62%6,236 flts
- 8pm67%5,015 flts
- 9pm61%2,457 flts
- 10pm60%1,550 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
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.