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Delta Air Lines BNA to ATL on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Nashville to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
86%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
72 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
76 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 83% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on BNA to ATL arrived on time 86% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.1% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 83% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (41%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 81.8% on time, 0.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 90.3% on time, 1.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 93.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 86.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.4% on time, 3.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 82.9% on time, 2.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 86.7% on time, 6.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 90.9% on time, 0.9% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 84.4% on time, 3.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 89.7% on time, 2.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 87.8% on time, 3.1% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 89.9% on time, 0.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 74.9% on time, 1.9% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft41%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BNA to ATL

3,368 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 72 cancelled, 3 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.