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Airport month · August 2023
Nashville International in August 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 8,203 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 79.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 78.7% of the time (8,202 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 79.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.4% | — | 71.0% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 79.9% | — | 74.4% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | — | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.3 min | — | 18.0 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 273 | — | 300 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,203 | — | 109,436 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 4,115 | 50% | 81.3% | 2.4 min | 0.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 756 | 9% | 78.3% | 14.0 min | 1.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 736 | 9% | 82.5% | 3.6 min | 1.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 625 | 8% | 80.8% | 3.4 min | 1.3% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 327 | 4% | 70.9% | 12.3 min | 1.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 277 | 3% | 88.8% | -1.6 min | 0.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 257 | 3% | 75.9% | 7.7 min | 2.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 237 | 3% | 78.9% | 8.4 min | 3.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 223 | 3% | 68.6% | 10.9 min | 1.3% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 166 | 2% | 83.1% | 2.7 min | 1.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 166 | 2% | 56.0% | 21.3 min | 4.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 155 | 2% | 87.1% | -1.4 min | 0.6% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA–ORD | Nashville to Chicago | 421 | 79.8% | 6.3 min | 1.0% |
| BNA–LGA | Nashville to New York | 381 | 84.8% | 0.4 min | 0.8% |
| BNA–CLT | Nashville to Charlotte | 355 | 76.1% | 9.8 min | 2.0% |
| BNA–DEN | Nashville to Denver | 355 | 77.2% | 5.7 min | 0.6% |
| BNA–ATL | Nashville to Atlanta | 320 | 79.1% | 6.2 min | 1.9% |
| BNA–DCA | Nashville to Washington | 270 | 85.2% | 4.3 min | 1.9% |
| BNA–DFW | Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 255 | 75.7% | 8.3 min | 1.6% |
| BNA–MCO | Nashville to Orlando | 245 | 73.1% | 9.8 min | 1.6% |
| BNA–PHL | Nashville to Philadelphia | 242 | 83.1% | 5.1 min | 0.8% |
| BNA–IAH | Nashville to Houston | 228 | 84.2% | -2.5 min | 1.3% |
| BNA–AUS | Nashville to Austin | 205 | 84.4% | 0.1 min | 0.5% |
| BNA–TPA | Nashville to Tampa | 202 | 80.2% | 0.6 min | 5.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BNA on time in August 2023?
79.4% of 8,203 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BNA · methodology · corrections.