Nashville International in September 2024

84.0%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 8,290 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 84.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so BNA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 8,064 departures with 80.9% leaving on time: a change of +3.1 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 84.6% of the time (8,293 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 83.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	84.0%	80.9%	71.0%	84.4%
Arrived on time	83.8%	80.9%	74.4%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.0%	1.5%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	13.0 min	18.0 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	276	269	300	19,421
Scheduled departures	8,290	8,064	109,436	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,145	50%	84.7%	0.2 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	811	10%	75.0%	13.5 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	731	9%	90.3%	-3.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	603	7%	85.6%	4.2 min	0.2%
YX Republic Airline	495	6%	86.5%	-4.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	369	4%	86.2%	4.0 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	290	3%	76.6%	2.9 min	3.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	212	3%	88.7%	-4.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	171	2%	78.9%	5.1 min	1.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	138	2%	74.6%	8.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	120	1%	83.3%	-3.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	85	1%	74.1%	4.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BNA–ORD	Nashville to Chicago	409	80.7%	5.7 min	0.0%
BNA–LGA	Nashville to New York	366	90.2%	-7.8 min	0.3%
BNA–DCA	Nashville to Washington	343	80.8%	4.0 min	0.6%
BNA–DEN	Nashville to Denver	335	82.4%	0.5 min	0.0%
BNA–ATL	Nashville to Atlanta	314	86.3%	0.7 min	0.0%
BNA–BOS	Nashville to Boston	274	79.9%	2.8 min	0.4%
BNA–CLT	Nashville to Charlotte	270	73.0%	14.6 min	1.5%
BNA–AUS	Nashville to Austin	264	83.7%	2.6 min	0.8%
BNA–PHL	Nashville to Philadelphia	260	77.3%	6.4 min	0.0%
BNA–DFW	Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth	257	77.8%	12.2 min	0.4%
BNA–JFK	Nashville to New York	206	83.5%	0.3 min	0.0%
BNA–RDU	Nashville to Raleigh/Durham	204	81.4%	11.8 min	0.0%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.7%	38.6%	26,050
Late-arriving aircraft	43.4%	38.4%	32,523
National Aviation System	19.4%	18.2%	14,573
Extreme weather	2.4%	4.8%	1,834
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

74,980 delay minutes on 1,284 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BNA on time in September 2024?

84.0% of 8,290 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 80.9% of 8,064 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 84.0% and 0.5% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.