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Airport month · January 2025
Nashville International in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 7,404 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 4.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so BNA departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 7,556 departures with 70.7% leaving on time: a change of +8.6 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 79.3% of the time (7,397 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 79.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
- Cancelled 4.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.3% | 70.7% | 71.0% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 79.3% | 70.4% | 74.4% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 4.3% | 6.9% | 1.5% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.8 min | 21.2 min | 18.0 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 247 | 252 | 300 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 7,404 | 7,556 | 109,436 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,882 | 52% | 81.0% | -1.0 min | 4.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 602 | 8% | 84.1% | -2.0 min | 2.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 589 | 8% | 75.6% | 7.3 min | 5.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 552 | 7% | 80.1% | -2.8 min | 5.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 427 | 6% | 81.7% | -1.2 min | 3.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 385 | 5% | 72.5% | 10.6 min | 3.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 240 | 3% | 75.4% | 4.5 min | 2.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 236 | 3% | 58.9% | 33.2 min | 8.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 196 | 3% | 81.6% | -3.3 min | 5.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 126 | 2% | 72.2% | 9.5 min | 2.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 82 | 1% | 86.6% | -7.7 min | 3.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 49 | 1% | 75.5% | 14.0 min | 4.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA–ORD | Nashville to Chicago | 366 | 78.4% | 3.5 min | 4.4% |
| BNA–DCA | Nashville to Washington | 342 | 70.5% | 9.0 min | 11.1% |
| BNA–CLT | Nashville to Charlotte | 338 | 77.5% | 3.3 min | 3.0% |
| BNA–LGA | Nashville to New York | 315 | 76.5% | -0.3 min | 3.8% |
| BNA–DFW | Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 293 | 68.6% | 20.5 min | 7.8% |
| BNA–ATL | Nashville to Atlanta | 283 | 79.2% | 4.4 min | 3.5% |
| BNA–DEN | Nashville to Denver | 281 | 83.3% | 1.1 min | 2.1% |
| BNA–AUS | Nashville to Austin | 245 | 74.7% | 8.0 min | 2.9% |
| BNA–MCO | Nashville to Orlando | 216 | 84.3% | -5.0 min | 3.7% |
| BNA–MIA | Nashville to Miami | 213 | 75.6% | 4.0 min | 1.9% |
| BNA–PHL | Nashville to Philadelphia | 199 | 76.4% | 8.7 min | 4.5% |
| BNA–DTW | Nashville to Detroit | 193 | 82.4% | 0.7 min | 1.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BNA on time in January 2025?
79.3% of 7,404 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 70.7% of 7,556 departures left on time and 6.9% were cancelled, against 79.3% and 4.3% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.