Nashville International in October 2024

86.1%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 8,985 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 86.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.1% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 8,923 departures with 83.2% leaving on time: a change of +2.9 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 86.9% of the time (8,981 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 87.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.0%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	86.1%	83.2%	71.0%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.1%	84.7%	74.4%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.3%	1.5%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.3 min	10.9 min	18.0 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	300	297	300	20,517
Scheduled departures	8,985	8,923	109,436	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,620	51%	87.3%	-3.4 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	844	9%	84.0%	2.8 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	766	9%	93.7%	-8.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	610	7%	89.5%	-2.0 min	0.2%
YX Republic Airline	564	6%	92.7%	-5.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	434	5%	88.0%	-1.5 min	0.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	316	4%	82.6%	3.5 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	209	2%	86.6%	1.4 min	1.0%
MQ Envoy Air	159	2%	74.8%	4.3 min	3.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	145	2%	68.3%	20.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	113	1%	91.2%	-11.0 min	0.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	85	1%	70.6%	13.2 min	1.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BNA–ORD	Nashville to Chicago	418	84.2%	1.7 min	0.5%
BNA–LGA	Nashville to New York	382	92.7%	-5.1 min	0.0%
BNA–DCA	Nashville to Washington	356	86.0%	-1.1 min	0.0%
BNA–DEN	Nashville to Denver	355	90.7%	-7.5 min	0.3%
BNA–ATL	Nashville to Atlanta	332	92.2%	-5.5 min	0.0%
BNA–AUS	Nashville to Austin	309	87.1%	-5.1 min	0.3%
BNA–CLT	Nashville to Charlotte	304	76.6%	10.9 min	0.0%
BNA–BOS	Nashville to Boston	287	80.1%	6.6 min	0.0%
BNA–DFW	Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth	287	86.4%	-5.3 min	0.0%
BNA–PHL	Nashville to Philadelphia	255	79.6%	12.6 min	0.0%
BNA–MCO	Nashville to Orlando	244	83.2%	-1.4 min	7.0%
BNA–DAL	Nashville to Dallas	224	86.2%	-3.5 min	0.4%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.8%	42.7%	23,937
Late-arriving aircraft	41.2%	37.4%	24,189
National Aviation System	17.3%	16.3%	10,174
Extreme weather	0.5%	3.4%	319
Security	0.1%	0.2%	59

58,678 delay minutes on 1,076 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 October 2024?

86.1% of 8,985 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 83.2% of 8,923 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 86.1% and 0.8% in October 2024.

Provenance

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