Nashville International in November 2024

86.7%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 8,114 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 86.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.8% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 8,161 departures with 85.1% leaving on time: a change of +1.6 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 87.5% of the time (8,116 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 87.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.8%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	86.7%	85.1%	71.0%	85.2%
Arrived on time	87.8%	85.5%	74.4%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.1%	1.5%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.5 min	9.6 min	18.0 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	271	272	300	19,180
Scheduled departures	8,114	8,161	109,436	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,235	52%	88.4%	-3.8 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	692	9%	93.5%	-10.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	625	8%	81.0%	8.5 min	0.6%
YX Republic Airline	587	7%	88.9%	-4.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	542	7%	85.1%	2.5 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	296	4%	87.2%	-1.0 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	254	3%	83.5%	5.2 min	0.8%
OH PSA Airlines	226	3%	88.5%	-6.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	179	2%	91.1%	-3.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	159	2%	88.1%	-1.4 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	99	1%	83.8%	-2.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	88	1%	90.9%	-6.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BNA–ORD	Nashville to Chicago	400	84.5%	3.0 min	0.3%
BNA–LGA	Nashville to New York	349	89.4%	-7.1 min	0.0%
BNA–DCA	Nashville to Washington	333	89.5%	-6.4 min	0.0%
BNA–DEN	Nashville to Denver	332	85.5%	0.5 min	1.5%
BNA–ATL	Nashville to Atlanta	302	90.7%	-5.4 min	0.0%
BNA–CLT	Nashville to Charlotte	275	84.4%	1.2 min	0.0%
BNA–AUS	Nashville to Austin	252	91.7%	-8.9 min	0.0%
BNA–MCO	Nashville to Orlando	252	90.1%	-1.8 min	0.8%
BNA–DFW	Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth	242	79.3%	10.4 min	1.7%
BNA–PHL	Nashville to Philadelphia	237	82.3%	1.9 min	0.4%
BNA–BOS	Nashville to Boston	221	85.5%	-3.8 min	0.0%
BNA–DAL	Nashville to Dallas	214	86.4%	-4.2 min	1.9%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.9%	36.9%	21,460
Late-arriving aircraft	37.5%	35.6%	20,669
National Aviation System	22.7%	21.9%	12,540
Extreme weather	0.8%	5.4%	445
Security	0.0%	0.2%	13

55,127 delay minutes on 956 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 November 2024?

86.7% of 8,114 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 85.1% of 8,161 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.7% and 0.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

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