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Airport month · April 2025
Nashville International in April 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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 8,796 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 78.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 8,282 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights up 6%.
Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 78.3% of the time (8,800 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 79.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2025 | Apr 2024 | BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.4% | 82.0% | 71.0% | 80.6% |
| Arrived on time | 79.0% | 83.3% | 74.4% | 79.5% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.8% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.9 min | 12.7 min | 18.0 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 293 | 276 | 300 | 19,465 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,796 | 8,282 | 109,436 | 583,950 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 4,816 | 55% | 80.2% | 5.4 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 690 | 8% | 87.5% | -1.7 min | 0.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 610 | 7% | 83.6% | 2.0 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 601 | 7% | 71.9% | 16.3 min | 2.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 547 | 6% | 76.2% | 15.7 min | 0.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 333 | 4% | 74.2% | 20.2 min | 2.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 298 | 3% | 77.5% | 10.1 min | 2.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 265 | 3% | 80.4% | 2.8 min | 1.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 252 | 3% | 59.5% | 30.1 min | 2.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 146 | 2% | 76.7% | 6.4 min | 0.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 98 | 1% | 71.4% | 6.2 min | 1.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 86 | 1% | 80.2% | 9.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA–ORD | Nashville to Chicago | 426 | 73.5% | 29.3 min | 2.6% |
| BNA–DCA | Nashville to Washington | 367 | 75.5% | 12.1 min | 0.5% |
| BNA–LGA | Nashville to New York | 352 | 81.5% | 3.9 min | 0.3% |
| BNA–ATL | Nashville to Atlanta | 343 | 85.4% | -0.9 min | 1.2% |
| BNA–CLT | Nashville to Charlotte | 338 | 68.6% | 17.3 min | 2.1% |
| BNA–DEN | Nashville to Denver | 308 | 70.1% | 17.0 min | 0.6% |
| BNA–DFW | Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 289 | 66.8% | 19.6 min | 4.5% |
| BNA–AUS | Nashville to Austin | 270 | 80.4% | 3.7 min | 1.5% |
| BNA–MCO | Nashville to Orlando | 251 | 88.4% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–BOS | Nashville to Boston | 248 | 81.5% | 5.7 min | 0.4% |
| BNA–PHX | Nashville to Phoenix | 229 | 78.2% | 5.5 min | 0.9% |
| BNA–PHL | Nashville to Philadelphia | 222 | 77.9% | 4.6 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BNA on time in April 2025?
78.4% of 8,796 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2024, 82.0% of 8,282 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 78.4% and 0.9% in April 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.