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American Airlines DFW to BNA on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Nashville · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
66%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.0%
93 flights
Avg arrival delay
26 min
72 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 67% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DFW to BNA arrived on time 66% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 67% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 45.3% on time, 4.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 60.2% on time, 4.7% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 74.0% on time, 2.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 68.8% on time, 1.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.4% on time, 3.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 74.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 68.1% on time, 10.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 80.9% on time, 0.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 64.3% on time, 0.8% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 70.3% on time, 1.1% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 65.7% on time, 3.1% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 50.2% on time, 5.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 43.9% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to BNA

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

3,097 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 93 cancelled, 4 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.