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Airport month · May 2024
Nashville International in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 8,811 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 69.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 3.7 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 71.0% of the time (8,813 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 69.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.2%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 69.7% | — | 71.0% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 69.6% | — | 74.4% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | — | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 23.7 min | — | 18.0 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 294 | — | 300 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,811 | — | 109,436 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 4,302 | 49% | 69.1% | 15.9 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 775 | 9% | 51.2% | 47.1 min | 3.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 722 | 8% | 81.7% | 6.0 min | 0.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 602 | 7% | 69.8% | 17.8 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 415 | 5% | 72.3% | 19.8 min | 2.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 413 | 5% | 79.7% | 9.5 min | 0.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 371 | 4% | 67.9% | 14.8 min | 1.9% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 293 | 3% | 81.6% | 5.0 min | 0.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 246 | 3% | 65.4% | 17.6 min | 1.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 185 | 2% | 65.4% | 26.5 min | 1.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 154 | 2% | 77.3% | 9.0 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 144 | 2% | 75.7% | 9.4 min | 2.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA–ORD | Nashville to Chicago | 412 | 67.7% | 21.3 min | 1.2% |
| BNA–LGA | Nashville to New York | 402 | 75.1% | 14.9 min | 1.2% |
| BNA–DEN | Nashville to Denver | 367 | 68.9% | 14.8 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–DCA | Nashville to Washington | 363 | 74.7% | 12.1 min | 0.6% |
| BNA–DFW | Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 350 | 44.6% | 58.1 min | 7.4% |
| BNA–ATL | Nashville to Atlanta | 336 | 78.6% | 7.3 min | 0.3% |
| BNA–CLT | Nashville to Charlotte | 327 | 55.7% | 33.5 min | 1.2% |
| BNA–AUS | Nashville to Austin | 319 | 67.7% | 18.0 min | 0.9% |
| BNA–BOS | Nashville to Boston | 277 | 75.5% | 16.2 min | 0.4% |
| BNA–MCO | Nashville to Orlando | 255 | 68.2% | 13.7 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–PHL | Nashville to Philadelphia | 228 | 61.8% | 39.0 min | 1.8% |
| BNA–MIA | Nashville to Miami | 226 | 69.0% | 17.0 min | 0.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BNA on time in May 2024?
69.7% of 8,811 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.