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Airport Reliability

BNA · Nashville

Nashville International Airport

74%
Departures within 15 minutes
15 min
Average departure delay
78%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.6%
Departures cancelled

Based on 111,672 departures and 111,672 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from BNA departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 65% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from BNA arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 73%.

Slipping a little lately.

Departures from BNA arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

When BNA gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(4139 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(22827 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(19327 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(20440 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(20430 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(18797 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM65%(3680 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(16589 flights)
  • Tue82%(14832 flights)
  • Wed82%(14839 flights)
  • Thu76%(16504 flights)
  • Fri76%(16683 flights)
  • Sat81%(13440 flights)
  • Sun73%(16753 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 70% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%9509
July 202570%9530
August 202582%9241
September 202586%8965
October 202577%10065
November 202580%8989
December 202576%8902
January 202685%7482
February 202682%7589
March 202676%9550
April 202679%9768
May 202672%10050

Airlines departing BNA

Based on 111,672 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.