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BNA
Nashville International Airport
78.3% of departures from BNA arrived on time across 319,645 flights, July 2023 – July 2026. The weakest hour is 10 PM, at 65.1%. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for the most delay minutes.
BNA right now
Live conditions where a permitted source publishes them, and the historical record where none does.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Minimal operational impact. Conditions are not a notable factor for operations right now.
UpdatedForecast issued 05:20Z.
UpdatedBelow 10,000 ft, so aircraft overflying at cruise are not counted. These are observations, not an operational status: a count is a floor, since receiver coverage varies and a movement between two samples can be missed.
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Airport reliability
Departures from BNA, July 2023 – July 2026.
Better than 49% of major US airports covered by FlyerIntel (64 compared)
Calculated from 319,645 flights. How this is calculated
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
Why flights are cancelled at BNA
Every cancellation carries a reason code filed by the airline that operated the flight. Departures, July 2023 – July 2026.
Extreme weather accounts for 66.3% of cancelled departures from BNA — about 1 in every 111 scheduled departures. That is 7 points higher than the 59.5% recorded across every airport FlyerIntel covers.
Share of cancellations
Of 4,332 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
2,872 cancellations, 66.3% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
866 cancellations, 20.0% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
593 cancellations, 13.7% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
1 cancellation, <0.1% of the total.
4,332 of 319,645 scheduled departures from BNA were cancelled. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
By carrier
| Carrier | Cancelled | Rate | Airline | Weather | Air traffic | Security |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | 1,422 | 0.83% | 11% | 78% | 11% | 0% |
| American Airlines AA | 549 | 2.04% | 12% | 84% | 4% | 0% |
| Republic Airways YX | 513 | 2.68% | 10% | 53% | 36% | 0% |
Shares are of each carrier’s own coded cancellations at BNA and run across the row, so they total 100%. “Rate” is cancellations as a share of that carrier’s scheduled departures here. Two carriers on the same runways in the same weather can file very different splits, so read this as what each airline reported about itself, not as a ranking of fault. Carriers below the published minimum of coded cancellations are not listed.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026 · Reason codes are each airline’s own filing, not an independent finding of fault. Shown for airports with at least 500 coded cancellations; 4,332 were recorded at BNA.
Why flights run late at BNA
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on departures from BNA.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for departures from BNA. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Of the 69,515 departures from BNA that left 15 or more minutes late and have a known inbound aircraft, 60% followed a flight that landed 15 or more minutes late. The other 40% left late even though the aircraft had come in on time or early. Across the 64 covered airports that share runs from 47% to 73%, with a median of 62%; BNA’s is the 31st lowest.
The late flight is the one the same aircraft flew into BNA just before, found from the tail number in the DOT file. Airlines and hours differ from one airport to the next, so this describes the departures from BNA and does not rate the airport.
An airport is only partly the author of its own delays. Late-arriving aircraft describes the national schedule arriving here more than anything about this airfield. Air traffic control covers airspace and airport capacity, which is where a congested airport shows up; only the airline category sits squarely inside the carriers’ own operation. How differently they run it is further down this page.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What weather costs at BNA
Departures from BNA by the weather at the airport in the hour they were scheduled to leave, July 2023 – July 2026.
6.5% of scheduled departures from BNA left in an hour of bad weather. 4.7% of them were cancelled, against 1.1% in normal conditions, and 66.5% of the ones that flew arrived on time, against 79.0%. Those hours held 22% of all cancelled departures. That is about 745 more cancellations than the normal-conditions rate would give.
Cancellations were highest in snow or ice hours: 39.7% of 1,439 departures, 37.5 times the normal rate.
Airlines filed 66% of BNA’s coded cancellations under extreme weather. By the weather at the airport in the scheduled hour, 22% of cancelled departures were in bad-weather hours. A code is the airline’s stated reason and an hour’s weather is what the airport reported, so the two need not match.
By weather
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Weather at the airport | Departures | Cancelled | Left on time | Arrived on time | Avg. departure delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal conditionsVFR with no thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 262,56482.2% of all | 1.1% | 76.8% | 79.0% | 12.8 min |
| Any bad weatherIFR or LIFR, or a thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 20,6436.5% of all | 4.7%4.4 times normal | 68.4% | 66.5%12.5 points below normal | 24.1 min |
| MVFRceiling 1,000 to 3,000 feet or visibility 3 to 5 miles | 38,28512.0% of all | 1.9%1.8 times normal | 77.0% | 77.7%1.3 points below normal | 13.6 min |
| IFRceiling 500 to 999 feet or visibility 1 to under 3 miles | 10,7123.4% of all | 4.6%4.4 times normal | 72.5% | 72.4%6.6 points below normal | 19.5 min |
| LIFRceiling under 500 feet or visibility under 1 mile | 3,7611.2% of all | 5.9%5.6 times normal | 74.9% | 68.7%10.3 points below normal | 20.5 min |
| Thunderstorma thunderstorm reported at the airport | 4,4631.4% of all | 3.0%2.9 times normal | 37.9% | 34.9%44.1 points below normal | 55.7 min |
| Snow or icesnow, snow grains, ice pellets, freezing rain or freezing drizzle | 1,4390.5% of all | 39.7%37.5 times normal | 56.9% | 36.0%43.0 points below normal | 59.9 min |
| Fogfog or freezing fog reported at the airport | 1,1630.4% of all | 6.2%5.8 times normal | 78.4% | 67.8%11.2 points below normal | 19.7 min |
| Heavy rainheavy rain reported at the airport | 2,1960.7% of all | 3.2%3.0 times normal | 49.4% | 47.4%31.6 points below normal | 43.4 min |
| High windwind of 25 knots or more, or gusts of 30 knots or more | 3,4781.1% of all | 3.2%3.0 times normal | 63.6% | 62.6%16.4 points below normal | 26.8 min |
| Low ceilinga broken or overcast layer under 1,000 feet | 10,1353.2% of all | 3.2%3.0 times normal | 80.0% | 79.2% | 11.6 min |
| Low visibilityvisibility under 3 miles | 8,1192.5% of all | 7.0%6.6 times normal | 67.5% | 63.9%15.1 points below normal | 27.3 min |
A departure is counted in every row its hour fits, so the rows overlap and do not add up. Left on time is a departure under 15 minutes late, and arrived on time an arrival under 15 minutes late; cancelled is the share of scheduled departures. Rows with fewer than 120 departures are not scored.
This is the weather reported at BNA in the hour a flight was scheduled to leave. It leaves out the weather at the destination and on the way, weather that arrived after the scheduled time, and anything else that goes wrong in a bad hour. An hour takes the worst conditions any report in it gave. Weather was matched to 100.0% of the airport’s scheduled departures; the rest left in hours with no report, or at a scheduled time the flight records cannot place exactly. Bad-weather hours are compared with normal hours at the same airport, not with what the same flights would have done in a clear sky: they also fall more often in some seasons and at some times of day.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.
Which airlines hold up in bad weather at BNA
Cancellations by airline in hours of bad weather at BNA, against the other carriers in the same months, July 2023 – July 2026.
6% of the weather-matched departures from BNA left in an hour of bad weather at the airport. 4.7% of them were cancelled. That is 4.4 times the 1.1% in normal hours. No one carrier holds most of them; 9 airlines have enough to compare.
Compared with the other carriers at BNA in the same months, Southwest Airlines (4.3% cancelled against 5.4% for the others; below them in normal hours too) cancelled the fewest in bad weather and Republic Airways (6.6% cancelled against 5.3% for the others; above them in normal hours too) the most.
Airlines in bad weather at BNA
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Airline | Bad-weather departures | Cancelled | Other carriers | Normal hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 10,65552% of bad-weather | 4.3%below the others | 5.4% | 0.6%others 1.7% |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,7889% of bad-weather | 3.6% | 4.3% | 1.0%others 1.1% |
| United Airlines | 1,3286% of bad-weather | 3.9% | 4.2% | 1.2%others 1.0% |
| SkyWest Airlines | 8454% of bad-weather | 4.9% | 4.7% | 1.4%others 1.0% |
| Allegiant Air | 5453% of bad-weather | 4.4% | 4.2% | 0.6%others 1.1% |
| American Airlines | 1,8199% of bad-weather | 4.9% | 4.4% | 1.7%others 1.0% |
| Spirit Airlines | 6293% of bad-weather | 5.6% | 4.9% | 2.5%others 1.0% |
| Republic Airways | 1,2926% of bad-weather | 6.6%above the others | 5.3% | 2.3%others 1.0% |
| Envoy Air | 5082% of bad-weather | 6.5% | 5.1% | 1.7%others 1.0% |
Best first. The other carriers’ column applies their rate in each month to the airline’s own departures, so a stormy month is not held against it; the normal-hours column gives the same pair outside bad weather.
The 9 listed airlines flew 94% of the bad-weather departures at BNA; a carrier under 500 is not listed. The comparison does not hold the hour of the day, the destination or the aircraft fixed, and a gap counts as clear only at 2 standard errors and 0.3 points. SkyWest Airlines, Republic Airways and Envoy Air fly for mainline airlines and are counted as carriers of their own here, though they share the airport’s gates, its de-icing and often its decisions to cancel.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.
Turning aircraft around at BNA
Time on the ground between one flight and the next of the same aircraft at BNA, and what a late arrival does to the next departure, July 2023 – July 2026.
The median turn at BNA is scheduled for 50 minutes on the ground and takes 56 minutes, against 56 minutes and 63 minutes across all airports. Aircraft are given less time on the ground here than at the typical airport. The 6 minutes by which the typical turn runs over its schedule are about what it is across all airports.
When the aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late (49,613 turns here, 54 minutes late on average), 58% of the turns were finished in no more than the scheduled ground time, against 68% across all airports. 82% of those flights left 15 or more minutes late, against 72%. After an aircraft that landed on time, 12% did (all airports 11%).
Given the turn lengths scheduled here, the network’s rates would give 61% finished in the schedule and 80% leaving late. BNA finishes fewer late turns in the schedule than the network would, but lateness is passed on about as often. 43% of its late-inbound turns had a scheduled turn of 45 to 59 minutes, against 31% across all airports.
Turns at BNA against all airports
256,564 turns, July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | BNA | All airports | All airports, same turn lengths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median scheduled turn | 50 min | 56 min | — |
| Median actual turn | 56 min | 63 min | — |
| Turns that began with an aircraft 15+ minutes late | 19% | 19% | — |
| Late turns finished within the schedule | 58% | 68% | 61% |
| Late inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 82% | 72% | 80% |
| On-time inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 12% | 11% | — |
The last column is the network’s rate at the turn lengths scheduled at BNA, band by band from under 30 minutes to 3 to 6 hours. A turn finishes within the schedule when the aircraft spent no more time on the ground than the schedule gave it.
A turn pairs an aircraft’s landing at BNA with its next departure from it by tail number; the aircraft is never named. These 256,564 turns are 80% of the flights that left BNA in the period; the rest are an aircraft’s first flight after a long stay, flights without a usable inbound, and cancelled flights. Ground time runs from the gate. Turns under 30 minutes are kept, but most leave late even after an on-time landing. Airlines set their own turn schedules, so this describes the airlines that fly at BNA and does not rate the airport.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records · July 2023 – July 2026 · Airports side by side: Where a Late Aircraft Gets Its Time Back.
What sets BNA apart
Where BNA’s hours, months, airlines and taxi time differ most from the other airports, July 2023 – July 2026.
Flights scheduled to leave BNA at 10 AM arrive on time 86.7% of the time, 3.9 points better than the 82.8% for that hour at the other airports.
10 PM is where BNA falls furthest behind the rest: 65.1% of its 10 PM departures arrive on time, 6.9 points below the 72.0% for that hour elsewhere.
August treats BNA better than it treats the rest of the country: 81.0% on time against 76.7% elsewhere, 4.3 points ahead.
May is BNA’s hardest month against the field, 71.6% on time to 75.6% elsewhere, 4 points short.
Delta Air Lines does better out of BNA than anywhere else it flies: 86.6% on time here, 82.0% on its other departures, 4.6 points apart.
Endeavor Air’s departures from BNA arrive on time 81.4% of the time, 3.7 points worse than the 85.1% the same airline manages at its other airports.
Taxi-out at BNA averages 16.0 minutes, 2.7 minutes less than the 18.7 minutes elsewhere.
BNA against the other airports
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | BNA | Elsewhere | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 10 AM departures | 86.7% | 82.8% | +3.9 pts | 21,989 here, 1,098,221 elsewhere |
| Hour: 10 PM departures | 65.1% | 72.0% | −6.9 pts | 4,631 here, 475,169 elsewhere |
| Month: August | 81.0% | 76.7% | +4.3 pts | 25,582 here, 1,448,253 elsewhere |
| Month: May | 71.6% | 75.6% | −4.0 pts | 27,758 here, 1,459,575 elsewhere |
| Airline: Delta Air Lines | 86.6% | 82.0% | +4.6 pts | 26,637 here, 3,075,488 elsewhere |
| Airline: Endeavor Air | 81.4% | 85.1% | −3.7 pts | 1,741 here, 294,897 elsewhere |
| Taxi-out: Departures | 16.0 min | 18.7 min | −2.7 min | 315,398 here, 17,314,711 elsewhere |
"Elsewhere" is every other covered airport together, taken from the same aggregates as this page with BNA’s own flights removed (for airlines, that airline’s flights from all its other airports). Hours, months and airlines appear only where both sides have at least 120 completed flights (airlines 500) and the gap is at least 2 points and 2 standard errors; only the largest gap in each direction is shown. The taxi figure is weighted by departures and has no error estimate, so it appears from 2 minutes.
Best time to fly from BNA
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time: each weekday and hour, and averaged over the week.
Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 88.8% of the time, against 66.6% for 9 PM–5 AM departures — a gap of 22.2 percentage points.
By day and hour
On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time.
Friday 5–6 AM was the most reliable slot at BNA (93.3% on time, 1,960 flights) and Sunday 10–11 PM the least (59.8%, 1,504 flights).
Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 9.0 points from the airport-wide rate, weekday averages 2.6 points.
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On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time
- 60–64
- 65–69
- 70–74
- 75–79
- 80–84
- 85–89
- 90–94
- Most reliable slot
- Least reliable slot
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.
Best and worst slots are named only among slots with 500+ flights, and only when the gap is larger than sampling error.
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| Hour | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 AM–6 AM | 91.5% on time1,957 flights | 92.0% on time1,485 flights | 91.6% on time1,471 flights | 93.0% on time1,925 flights | 93.3% on time1,960 flights | 91.7% on time1,652 flights | 90.9% on time1,759 flights |
| 6 AM–7 AM | 85.7% on time3,352 flights | 90.2% on time3,208 flights | 90.1% on time3,183 flights | 89.2% on time3,365 flights | 88.4% on time3,362 flights | 89.2% on time2,918 flights | 88.8% on time3,309 flights |
| 7 AM–8 AM | 85.9% on time3,948 flights | 88.5% on time3,241 flights | 89.1% on time3,260 flights | 87.1% on time3,933 flights | 86.4% on time3,985 flights | 87.3% on time3,470 flights | 86.9% on time3,819 flights |
| 8 AM–9 AM | 86.7% on time2,745 flights | 90.8% on time3,028 flights | 90.2% on time3,058 flights | 89.2% on time2,742 flights | 87.6% on time2,738 flights | 88.2% on time2,784 flights | 89.0% on time2,816 flights |
| 9 AM–10 AM | 86.9% on time2,780 flights | 89.0% on time2,160 flights | 91.0% on time2,196 flights | 89.1% on time2,766 flights | 86.4% on time2,773 flights | 87.3% on time2,250 flights | 87.6% on time2,465 flights |
| 10 AM–11 AM | 85.2% on time3,136 flights | 88.1% on time3,378 flights | 88.8% on time3,444 flights | 85.7% on time3,151 flights | 84.2% on time3,125 flights | 87.9% on time2,843 flights | 87.1% on time3,163 flights |
| 11 AM–12 PM | 81.3% on time2,513 flights | 85.1% on time2,206 flights | 83.6% on time2,245 flights | 80.4% on time2,435 flights | 78.8% on time2,496 flights | 82.4% on time1,923 flights | 80.9% on time2,440 flights |
| 12 PM–1 PM | 80.2% on time2,747 flights | 86.1% on time2,642 flights | 84.7% on time2,658 flights | 82.4% on time2,824 flights | 78.2% on time2,788 flights | 82.6% on time2,696 flights | 80.6% on time2,815 flights |
| 1 PM–2 PM | 74.9% on time2,759 flights | 82.6% on time2,413 flights | 81.7% on time2,414 flights | 74.5% on time2,674 flights | 73.1% on time2,761 flights | 78.8% on time2,382 flights | 76.1% on time2,686 flights |
| 2 PM–3 PM | 74.1% on time2,940 flights | 79.6% on time2,592 flights | 78.8% on time2,752 flights | 73.2% on time2,935 flights | 69.6% on time2,972 flights | 77.0% on time2,478 flights | 71.2% on time2,994 flights |
| 3 PM–4 PM | 71.3% on time2,677 flights | 75.4% on time2,484 flights | 75.6% on time2,468 flights | 70.4% on time2,574 flights | 69.3% on time2,635 flights | 75.6% on time2,310 flights | 65.4% on time2,639 flights |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 67.9% on time2,779 flights | 74.1% on time2,698 flights | 73.4% on time2,626 flights | 64.7% on time2,655 flights | 65.1% on time2,773 flights | 71.1% on time2,543 flights | 62.7% on time2,968 flights |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 67.4% on time3,200 flights | 72.5% on time2,967 flights | 72.5% on time3,000 flights | 64.8% on time3,154 flights | 65.4% on time3,189 flights | 70.5% on time2,747 flights | 62.0% on time3,359 flights |
| 6 PM–7 PM | 67.4% on time3,273 flights | 74.6% on time3,062 flights | 73.6% on time3,179 flights | 64.9% on time3,239 flights | 67.7% on time3,176 flights | 73.2% on time2,332 flights | 60.0% on time3,063 flights |
| 7 PM–8 PM | 67.0% on time3,158 flights | 72.2% on time2,526 flights | 70.4% on time2,574 flights | 63.1% on time3,140 flights | 67.8% on time3,211 flights | 68.4% on time2,064 flights | 61.4% on time3,011 flights |
| 8 PM–9 PM | 70.4% on time2,184 flights | 77.6% on time1,702 flights | 76.4% on time1,715 flights | 63.8% on time2,142 flights | 68.0% on time2,163 flights | 67.9% on time1,050 flights | 60.9% on time2,412 flights |
| 9 PM–10 PM | 71.6% on time1,450 flights | 69.4% on time1,174 flights | 69.4% on time1,145 flights | 64.9% on time1,389 flights | 71.3% on time1,519 flights | 60.3% on time753 flights | 62.2% on time1,433 flights |
| 10 PM–11 PM | 66.8% on time804 flights | 68.7% on time163 flights | 77.7% on time158 flights | 68.2% on time818 flights | 67.9% on time882 flights | 62.1% on time349 flights | 59.8% on time1,504 flights |
By departure window
All days combinedBy departure hour
All days combined- 12 AM to 4 AM: too few flights to score
- 5 AM: 92.1% on time from 12,209 flights
- 6 AM: 88.8% on time from 22,697 flights
- 7 AM: 87.2% on time from 25,656 flights
- 8 AM: 88.9% on time from 19,911 flights
- 9 AM: 88.1% on time from 17,390 flights
- 10 AM: 86.7% on time from 22,240 flights
- 11 AM: 81.7% on time from 16,258 flights
- 12 PM: 82.1% on time from 19,170 flights
- 1 PM: 77.2% on time from 18,089 flights
- 2 PM: 74.6% on time from 19,663 flights
- 3 PM: 71.7% on time from 17,787 flights
- 4 PM: 68.3% on time from 19,042 flights
- 5 PM: 67.7% on time from 21,616 flights
- 6 PM: 68.6% on time from 21,324 flights
- 7 PM: 66.9% on time from 19,684 flights
- 8 PM: 68.8% on time from 13,368 flights
- 9 PM: 67.5% on time from 8,863 flights
- 10 PM: 65.1% on time from 4,678 flights
- 11 PM: too few flights to score
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
International arrivals
How long passport control normally takes here, hour by hour and hall by hall. This is the arrivals queue, not departure security — and it is history, not a live wait.
A US passport clears Main, BNA’s busiest hall, in a typical 20 min; everyone else in the same terminal typically takes 26 min, and 43 min on a busy day. These are separate halls, separately staffed — CBP’s single combined figure of 23 min is a number few arrivals actually experience.
Terminal by terminal, across the day
| Terminal | US passports | US busy day | Other passports | Other busy day | Global Entry |
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| Main | 20 min | 31 min | 26 min | 43 min | 10.2% of arrivals |
US passports — Main
- 12 AM–1 AM: too few records to publish
- 1 AM–2 AM: too few records to publish
- 2 AM–3 AM: too few records to publish
- 3 AM–4 AM: too few records to publish
- 4 AM–5 AM: too few records to publish
- 5 AM–6 AM: too few records to publish
- 6 AM–7 AM: too few records to publish
- 7 AM–8 AM: too few records to publish
- 8 AM–9 AM: too few records to publish
- 9 AM–10 AM: too few records to publish
- 10 AM–11 AM: too few records to publish
- 11 AM–12 PM: too few records to publish
- 12 PM–1 PM: too few records to publish
- 1 PM–2 PM: too few records to publish
- 2 PM–3 PM: too few records to publish
- 3 PM–4 PM: typically 17 min, 27 min on a busy day (166 days)
- 4 PM–5 PM: typically 20 min, 30 min on a busy day (311 days)
- 5 PM–6 PM: typically 18 min, 29 min on a busy day (257 days)
- 6 PM–7 PM: typically 22 min, 33 min on a busy day (323 days)
- 7 PM–8 PM: typically 23 min, 34 min on a busy day (416 days)
- 8 PM–9 PM: typically 18 min, 30 min on a busy day (128 days)
- 9 PM–10 PM: too few records to publish
- 10 PM–11 PM: too few records to publish
- 11 PM–12 AM: too few records to publish
US citizens and lawful permanent residents, who use the US-passport lanes.
All other passports — Main
- 12 AM–1 AM: too few records to publish
- 1 AM–2 AM: too few records to publish
- 2 AM–3 AM: too few records to publish
- 3 AM–4 AM: too few records to publish
- 4 AM–5 AM: too few records to publish
- 5 AM–6 AM: too few records to publish
- 6 AM–7 AM: too few records to publish
- 7 AM–8 AM: too few records to publish
- 8 AM–9 AM: too few records to publish
- 9 AM–10 AM: too few records to publish
- 10 AM–11 AM: too few records to publish
- 11 AM–12 PM: too few records to publish
- 12 PM–1 PM: too few records to publish
- 1 PM–2 PM: too few records to publish
- 2 PM–3 PM: too few records to publish
- 3 PM–4 PM: typically 21 min, 38 min on a busy day (166 days)
- 4 PM–5 PM: typically 26 min, 40 min on a busy day (311 days)
- 5 PM–6 PM: typically 20 min, 39 min on a busy day (257 days)
- 6 PM–7 PM: typically 31 min, 48 min on a busy day (323 days)
- 7 PM–8 PM: typically 32 min, 47 min on a busy day (416 days)
- 8 PM–9 PM: typically 24 min, 39 min on a busy day (128 days)
- 9 PM–10 PM: too few records to publish
- 10 PM–11 PM: too few records to publish
- 11 PM–12 AM: too few records to publish
Every other arriving passenger, including visa and visa-waiver travelers.
Hour by hour — Main
| Cleared in hour | US passports | US busy day | Other passports | Other busy day | Booths open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 PM–4 PM | 17 min | 27 min | 21 min | 38 min | 4 |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 20 min | 30 min | 26 min | 40 min | 4 |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 18 min | 29 min | 20 min | 39 min | 4 |
| 6 PM–7 PM | 22 min | 33 min | 31 min | 48 min | 5 |
| 7 PM–8 PM | 23 min | 34 min | 32 min | 47 min | 5 |
| 8 PM–9 PM | 18 min | 30 min | 24 min | 39 min | 4 |
US passports: clearing in the 7 PM–8 PM hour typically takes 23 min, against 17 min in the 3 PM–4 PM hour — 6 min between the slowest and fastest of 6 measured hours.
All other passports: clearing in the 7 PM–8 PM hour typically takes 32 min, against 20 min in the 5 PM–6 PM hour — 12 min between the slowest and fastest of 6 measured hours.
The hour is when CBP processed the passenger, not when the aircraft landed — allow for the walk from the gate. Hours with fewer than 120 days of records are not listed rather than shown as an estimate, which is why a terminal’s quietest hours are usually absent. “Busy day” is the 90th percentile: one arrival in ten is worse than that. Booths are how many CBP had open, and they follow the queue rather than prevent it — the busiest hours are staffed hardest and are still the slowest.
Source: US Customs and Border Protection · 2024-08-28 to 2026-10-16 · These are CBP passport control waits for arriving international passengers — a different queue from TSA departure screening. CBP publishes them about two days in arrears, so every figure here describes what has been typical over 2024-08-28 to 2026-10-16, and none of it is a live queue or a forecast for your flight. US and non-US passengers are reported separately by CBP and are kept separate here, because they are separate halls. FlyerIntel publishes a terminal or an hour only where CBP filed at least 120 hourly records for it, and an hour-by-hour breakdown only where at least 6 hours clear that floor.
What to expect at BNA
How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.
Scheduled departures by hour
- 12 AM: no departures
- 1 AM: no departures
- 2 AM: no departures
- 3 AM: no departures
- 4 AM: no departures
- 5 AM: about 11 departures a day
- 6 AM: about 20 departures a day
- 7 AM: about 23 departures a day
- 8 AM: about 18 departures a day
- 9 AM: about 15 departures a day
- 10 AM: about 20 departures a day
- 11 AM: about 14 departures a day
- 12 PM: about 17 departures a day
- 1 PM: about 16 departures a day
- 2 PM: about 17 departures a day
- 3 PM: about 16 departures a day
- 4 PM: about 17 departures a day
- 5 PM: about 19 departures a day
- 6 PM: about 19 departures a day
- 7 PM: about 17 departures a day
- 8 PM: about 12 departures a day
- 9 PM: about 8 departures a day
- 10 PM: about 4 departures a day
- 11 PM: no departures
The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 23 departures a day, against roughly 8 at 9 PM. That peak is also more punctual than a typical hour here: early banks fly aircraft that spent the night on the ground rather than ones inheriting the day’s delays.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Taxi-out runs from gate to wheels-up, averaged over departures and weighted by hour. Taxi-in runs from touchdown to gate.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 7.3 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 81.1% on time
- Feb: 83.3% on time
- Mar: 79.1% on time
- Apr: 80.3% on time
- May: 71.6% on time
- Jun: 70.3% on time
- Jul: 68.8% on time
- Aug: 81.0% on time
- Sep: 83.9% on time
- Oct: 82.5% on time
- Nov: 84.1% on time
- Dec: 79.6% on time
July is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 15.3 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
Airlines at BNA
Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.
| Carrier | Departures | On time | Cancelled | Median delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | 170,496 | 77.7% | 0.83% | -4 min |
| Delta Air Lines DL | 26,974 | 86.6% | 1.16% | -11 min |
| American Airlines AA | 26,849 | 75.0% | 2.04% | -5 min |
| United Airlines UA | 19,909 | 79.3% | 1.45% | -6 min |
| Republic Airways YX | 19,108 | 80.5% | 2.68% | -7 min |
| SkyWest Airlines OO | 10,979 | 78.9% | 1.75% | -7 min |
| Spirit Airlines NK | 9,608 | 75.2% | 2.72% | -7 min |
| Allegiant Air G4 | 8,553 | 78.8% | 0.89% | -7 min |
| Envoy Air MQ | 7,774 | 76.5% | 2.07% | -4 min |
| PSA Airlines OH | 6,870 | 72.8% | 3.99% | -4 min |
| JetBlue B6 | 4,562 | 72.4% | 3.02% | -7 min |
| Alaska Airlines AS | 3,571 | 77.6% | 0.95% | -5 min |
| Frontier Airlines F9 | 2,592 | 72.8% | 2.12% | -7 min |
| Endeavor Air 9E | 1,800 | 81.4% | 3.00% | -9 min |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.
Routes from BNA
Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.
Busiest routes
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Only routes with at least 10,000 flights are ranked.
Reliability over time
On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.
- July 2023: 69.9% on time from 8,322 flights
- August 2023: 81.0% on time from 8,203 flights
- September 2023: 81.9% on time from 8,064 flights
- October 2023: 85.0% on time from 8,923 flights
- November 2023: 85.6% on time from 8,161 flights
- December 2023: 83.1% on time from 8,239 flights
- January 2024: 75.8% on time from 7,556 flights
- February 2024: 87.5% on time from 7,010 flights
- March 2024: 81.7% on time from 8,287 flights
- April 2024: 83.7% on time from 8,282 flights
- May 2024: 70.5% on time from 8,811 flights
- June 2024: 76.1% on time from 8,899 flights
- July 2024: 72.0% on time from 9,145 flights
- August 2024: 81.2% on time from 8,770 flights
- September 2024: 84.4% on time from 8,290 flights
- October 2024: 87.9% on time from 8,985 flights
- November 2024: 88.2% on time from 8,114 flights
- December 2024: 81.2% on time from 8,071 flights
- January 2025: 82.9% on time from 7,404 flights
- February 2025: 81.6% on time from 6,912 flights
- March 2025: 81.0% on time from 8,654 flights
- April 2025: 80.0% on time from 8,796 flights
- May 2025: 73.7% on time from 9,458 flights
- June 2025: 69.7% on time from 9,394 flights
- July 2025: 69.6% on time from 9,459 flights
- August 2025: 80.8% on time from 9,012 flights
- September 2025: 85.2% on time from 8,686 flights
- October 2025: 75.4% on time from 9,841 flights
- November 2025: 79.0% on time from 8,849 flights
- December 2025: 74.9% on time from 8,776 flights
- January 2026: 84.3% on time from 7,853 flights
- February 2026: 81.0% on time from 7,542 flights
- March 2026: 75.1% on time from 9,623 flights
- April 2026: 77.7% on time from 9,617 flights
- May 2026: 70.6% on time from 9,814 flights
- June 2026: 65.5% on time from 9,725 flights
- July 2026: 64.2% on time from 10,098 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), departures from BNA arrived on time 75.7% of the time, against 79.8% in the 12 months before — declining by 4.1 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
Data and sources
Historical statistics
Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – July 2026, comprising 319,645 departures from BNA. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.
Full methodology · All data sources
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