Nashville International in December 2024

79.0%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 8,071 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 8,239 departures with 81.3% leaving on time: a change of −2.3 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 79.5% of the time (8,069 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 80.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	79.0%	81.3%	71.0%	77.8%
Arrived on time	80.7%	82.7%	74.4%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.3%	1.5%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.8 min	12.2 min	18.0 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	269	275	300	19,686
Scheduled departures	8,071	8,239	109,436	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,301	53%	80.9%	2.1 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	723	9%	86.4%	-2.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	575	7%	79.7%	11.4 min	1.9%
YX Republic Airline	567	7%	80.2%	2.1 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	450	6%	81.1%	3.4 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	345	4%	79.4%	15.3 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	298	4%	73.2%	12.3 min	0.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	207	3%	78.3%	12.1 min	1.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	187	2%	78.1%	5.1 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	173	2%	75.7%	7.0 min	1.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	91	1%	80.2%	-0.8 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	77	1%	79.2%	9.9 min	1.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BNA–ORD	Nashville to Chicago	362	80.7%	7.3 min	0.6%
BNA–LGA	Nashville to New York	340	79.4%	3.0 min	0.3%
BNA–ATL	Nashville to Atlanta	330	83.0%	-0.3 min	0.0%
BNA–DCA	Nashville to Washington	323	75.2%	9.6 min	0.3%
BNA–DEN	Nashville to Denver	313	85.9%	0.0 min	0.0%
BNA–CLT	Nashville to Charlotte	310	76.5%	6.9 min	0.3%
BNA–DFW	Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth	276	76.4%	13.6 min	4.3%
BNA–AUS	Nashville to Austin	261	86.6%	-0.2 min	0.0%
BNA–MCO	Nashville to Orlando	250	85.6%	-2.0 min	0.8%
BNA–PHL	Nashville to Philadelphia	218	75.2%	4.3 min	0.0%
BNA–PHX	Nashville to Phoenix	218	85.8%	5.2 min	0.0%
BNA–DAL	Nashville to Dallas	214	77.6%	7.1 min	0.5%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.6%	34.3%	29,176
Late-arriving aircraft	43.1%	40.2%	41,115
National Aviation System	22.1%	17.8%	21,123
Extreme weather	4.2%	7.5%	3,975
Security	0.1%	0.2%	63

95,452 delay minutes on 1,508 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 December 2024?

79.0% of 8,071 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 81.3% of 8,239 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 79.0% and 0.4% in December 2024.

Provenance

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