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Airport month · December 2023
Nashville International in December 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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 8,239 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 83.2% of the time (8,241 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 82.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.8%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.3% | — | 71.0% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 82.7% | — | 74.4% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | — | 1.5% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.2 min | — | 18.0 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 275 | — | 300 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,239 | — | 109,436 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 4,332 | 53% | 81.4% | 3.3 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 672 | 8% | 93.6% | -9.3 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 572 | 7% | 78.7% | 13.5 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 496 | 6% | 87.9% | -1.2 min | 0.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 362 | 4% | 87.3% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 339 | 4% | 73.5% | 8.7 min | 0.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 298 | 4% | 84.2% | 1.4 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 291 | 4% | 82.1% | 4.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 288 | 3% | 86.5% | 2.3 min | 0.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 258 | 3% | 77.1% | 8.4 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 142 | 2% | 76.1% | 9.7 min | 0.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 67 | 1% | 89.6% | -12.4 min | 1.5% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA–ORD | Nashville to Chicago | 392 | 85.2% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–DEN | Nashville to Denver | 365 | 90.7% | -9.7 min | 0.5% |
| BNA–LGA | Nashville to New York | 360 | 81.4% | 6.6 min | 1.1% |
| BNA–CLT | Nashville to Charlotte | 330 | 78.5% | 6.3 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–DCA | Nashville to Washington | 322 | 82.6% | 2.4 min | 0.3% |
| BNA–ATL | Nashville to Atlanta | 306 | 90.2% | -5.4 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–MCO | Nashville to Orlando | 280 | 76.1% | 6.1 min | 0.7% |
| BNA–DFW | Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 257 | 82.1% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–AUS | Nashville to Austin | 251 | 81.3% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–MIA | Nashville to Miami | 234 | 71.8% | 31.8 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–BOS | Nashville to Boston | 222 | 77.9% | 5.7 min | 0.9% |
| BNA–PHL | Nashville to Philadelphia | 221 | 77.4% | 8.7 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BNA on time in December 2023?
81.3% of 8,239 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.