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Airport month · October 2023
Nashville International in October 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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 8,923 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 83.8% of the time (8,928 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 12%.
- On time 84.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2023 | Year earlier | BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.2% | — | 71.0% | 83.8% |
| Arrived on time | 84.7% | — | 74.4% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | — | 1.5% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.9 min | — | 18.0 min | 11.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 297 | — | 300 | 19,966 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,923 | — | 109,436 | 598,968 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 4,548 | 51% | 83.3% | 1.6 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 784 | 9% | 81.3% | 7.2 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 716 | 8% | 94.4% | -4.6 min | 0.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 582 | 7% | 90.5% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 350 | 4% | 84.6% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 338 | 4% | 93.5% | -6.3 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 322 | 4% | 75.2% | 6.2 min | 2.8% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 308 | 3% | 79.2% | 9.7 min | 0.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 259 | 3% | 84.6% | 1.6 min | 0.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 200 | 2% | 77.5% | 10.2 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 173 | 2% | 85.0% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 129 | 1% | 85.3% | 2.3 min | 2.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA–LGA | Nashville to New York | 428 | 86.9% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–ORD | Nashville to Chicago | 421 | 80.8% | 3.7 min | 0.2% |
| BNA–DEN | Nashville to Denver | 367 | 85.8% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–DCA | Nashville to Washington | 360 | 87.2% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–CLT | Nashville to Charlotte | 354 | 83.9% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–ATL | Nashville to Atlanta | 325 | 94.5% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–MCO | Nashville to Orlando | 304 | 80.6% | 0.1 min | 2.0% |
| BNA–BOS | Nashville to Boston | 288 | 80.9% | 5.1 min | 0.3% |
| BNA–PHL | Nashville to Philadelphia | 264 | 83.0% | 5.0 min | 0.4% |
| BNA–DFW | Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 262 | 77.1% | 6.4 min | 1.5% |
| BNA–AUS | Nashville to Austin | 261 | 82.0% | 3.0 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–DAL | Nashville to Dallas | 218 | 83.9% | -2.1 min | 1.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BNA on time in October 2023?
83.2% of 8,923 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
October 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 October 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.