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Airport month · March 2024

Nashville International in March 2024

80.1%departed on time

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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 8,287 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 81.2% of the time (8,290 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%.

Every scheduled departure from BNA in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureMar 2024Year earlierBNA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time80.1%—71.0%78.5%
Arrived on time81.0%—74.4%78.3%
Cancelled0.7%—1.5%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)13.5 min—18.0 min15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day276—30019,726
Scheduled departures8,287—109,436591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines4,20551%80.3%3.2 min0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines7129%90.0%-3.1 min0.1%
AA American Airlines6288%71.2%18.2 min1.8%
UA United Airlines5196%84.2%1.0 min0.4%
YX Republic Airline3945%89.1%-1.4 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines3454%72.8%7.7 min2.0%
G4 Allegiant Air3084%80.5%10.2 min0.6%
OH PSA Airlines2994%80.3%-0.4 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air2683%78.0%5.6 min1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines2383%85.3%1.4 min0.8%
9E Endeavor Air1282%80.5%5.8 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways931%78.5%1.1 min2.2%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BNA–ORDNashville to Chicago37684.0%1.2 min0.3%
BNA–DENNashville to Denver36186.1%-5.9 min2.2%
BNA–DCANashville to Washington34790.2%-4.6 min0.0%
BNA–LGANashville to New York32879.6%4.5 min0.3%
BNA–CLTNashville to Charlotte32269.6%8.5 min0.3%
BNA–ATLNashville to Atlanta30489.1%1.8 min0.0%
BNA–DFWNashville to Dallas/Fort Worth30171.8%16.0 min2.0%
BNA–MCONashville to Orlando29969.9%12.2 min2.3%
BNA–MIANashville to Miami28268.1%19.2 min3.5%
BNA–FLLNashville to Fort Lauderdale23974.5%7.3 min1.7%
BNA–TPANashville to Tampa22576.0%9.4 min2.2%
BNA–PHXNashville to Phoenix19883.3%-1.5 min0.5%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2024Minutes
Air carrier30.3%32.1%29,700
Late-arriving aircraft44.6%42.1%43,690
National Aviation System24.1%21.4%23,579
Extreme weather0.8%4.2%820
Security0.1%0.2%103
97,892 delay minutes on 1,499 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left BNA on time in March 2024?

80.1% of 8,287 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.