Nashville International in March 2025

79.7%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 8,654 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.1% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so BNA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 8,287 departures with 80.1% leaving on time: a change of −0.4 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 79.6% of the time (8,655 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 80.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from BNA in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	79.7%	80.1%	71.0%	79.9%
Arrived on time	80.1%	81.0%	74.4%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.7%	1.5%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.5 min	13.5 min	18.0 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	289	276	300	20,029
Scheduled departures	8,654	8,287	109,436	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,562	53%	81.4%	3.8 min	0.6%
YX Republic Airline	675	8%	79.4%	5.7 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	665	8%	89.3%	-5.2 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	577	7%	74.7%	11.7 min	1.4%
UA United Airlines	474	5%	81.0%	2.6 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	359	4%	79.1%	8.2 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	345	4%	58.6%	25.4 min	4.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	336	4%	78.9%	8.5 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	238	3%	80.3%	3.8 min	4.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	185	2%	80.0%	6.7 min	1.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	94	1%	78.7%	16.9 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	90	1%	77.8%	-4.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BNA–ORD	Nashville to Chicago	428	76.6%	9.1 min	1.2%
BNA–DCA	Nashville to Washington	387	70.0%	11.2 min	1.8%
BNA–CLT	Nashville to Charlotte	343	67.3%	17.6 min	2.0%
BNA–LGA	Nashville to New York	336	76.8%	7.3 min	0.3%
BNA–ATL	Nashville to Atlanta	316	87.3%	-3.3 min	0.6%
BNA–DEN	Nashville to Denver	310	81.6%	1.8 min	0.3%
BNA–DFW	Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth	299	75.6%	13.6 min	2.7%
BNA–MCO	Nashville to Orlando	287	81.5%	1.6 min	1.0%
BNA–AUS	Nashville to Austin	275	87.6%	-2.6 min	0.4%
BNA–BOS	Nashville to Boston	234	83.3%	8.2 min	0.4%
BNA–PHX	Nashville to Phoenix	230	79.6%	3.0 min	0.4%
BNA–MIA	Nashville to Miami	227	70.0%	15.2 min	2.2%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.2%	33.0%	27,570
Late-arriving aircraft	49.4%	39.2%	56,310
National Aviation System	21.0%	21.9%	23,930
Extreme weather	5.4%	5.9%	6,174
Security	0.1%	0.1%	119

114,103 delay minutes on 1,622 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 March 2025?

79.7% of 8,654 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 80.1% of 8,287 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 79.7% and 0.9% in March 2025.

Provenance

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