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American Airlines BNA to LAX on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Nashville to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.5%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
85 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on BNA to LAX arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.5% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (57%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 50.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 71.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 67.7% on time, 6.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 85.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 80.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 70.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 63.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 71.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 68.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft57%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion8%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BNA to LAX

Full BNA to LAX comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

443 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 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.