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Airport month · September 2023
Nashville International in September 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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 8,064 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so BNA departures were level with the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 81.2% of the time (8,064 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 80.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.3%
September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2023 | Year earlier | BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.9% | — | 71.0% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 80.9% | — | 74.4% | 80.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | — | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.0 min | — | 18.0 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 269 | — | 300 | 18,978 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,064 | — | 109,436 | 569,338 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,956 | 49% | 82.3% | 2.0 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 785 | 10% | 76.6% | 10.6 min | 1.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 708 | 9% | 88.7% | 1.0 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 575 | 7% | 84.5% | 2.6 min | 0.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 414 | 5% | 81.2% | -0.8 min | 5.8% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 315 | 4% | 75.9% | 12.3 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 251 | 3% | 78.9% | 12.8 min | 2.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 242 | 3% | 67.4% | 14.2 min | 2.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 231 | 3% | 77.5% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 177 | 2% | 62.7% | 28.1 min | 2.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 128 | 2% | 75.8% | 20.8 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 114 | 1% | 73.7% | 3.7 min | 1.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA–ORD | Nashville to Chicago | 405 | 82.2% | 8.9 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–LGA | Nashville to New York | 393 | 69.2% | 15.0 min | 7.6% |
| BNA–DEN | Nashville to Denver | 338 | 83.4% | 2.6 min | 0.3% |
| BNA–CLT | Nashville to Charlotte | 325 | 76.9% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–ATL | Nashville to Atlanta | 314 | 91.4% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–DCA | Nashville to Washington | 302 | 83.4% | 4.7 min | 1.7% |
| BNA–AUS | Nashville to Austin | 242 | 85.5% | 0.0 min | 0.4% |
| BNA–BOS | Nashville to Boston | 242 | 73.1% | 12.3 min | 0.4% |
| BNA–PHL | Nashville to Philadelphia | 240 | 79.6% | 4.8 min | 0.8% |
| BNA–DFW | Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 236 | 75.0% | 15.2 min | 0.4% |
| BNA–IAH | Nashville to Houston | 219 | 88.1% | -5.6 min | 0.9% |
| BNA–MCO | Nashville to Orlando | 212 | 76.4% | 5.0 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BNA on time in September 2023?
80.9% of 8,064 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
September 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 September 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.