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Airport month · May 2025
Nashville International in May 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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 9,458 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 72.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.6% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 4.1 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 8,811 departures with 69.7% leaving on time: a change of +2.9 points, with flights up 7%.
Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 75.2% of the time (9,455 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 22%.
- On time 72.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.9%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.6% | 69.7% | 71.0% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 72.6% | 69.6% | 74.4% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.6 min | 23.7 min | 18.0 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 315 | 294 | 300 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 9,458 | 8,811 | 109,436 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 5,041 | 53% | 72.5% | 10.5 min | 1.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 810 | 9% | 85.1% | 0.0 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 743 | 8% | 69.6% | 17.0 min | 1.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 619 | 7% | 65.9% | 22.3 min | 1.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 587 | 6% | 72.4% | 11.7 min | 2.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 372 | 4% | 70.7% | 14.3 min | 1.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 312 | 3% | 72.8% | 14.4 min | 1.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 289 | 3% | 55.7% | 31.1 min | 5.5% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 221 | 2% | 81.0% | 3.7 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 156 | 2% | 71.8% | 29.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 128 | 1% | 74.2% | 9.2 min | 0.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 124 | 1% | 82.3% | -1.1 min | 0.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA–ORD | Nashville to Chicago | 439 | 74.9% | 10.7 min | 1.4% |
| BNA–ATL | Nashville to Atlanta | 394 | 83.8% | 2.6 min | 0.5% |
| BNA–DCA | Nashville to Washington | 378 | 66.1% | 15.4 min | 3.2% |
| BNA–LGA | Nashville to New York | 369 | 66.9% | 14.3 min | 1.9% |
| BNA–CLT | Nashville to Charlotte | 367 | 65.1% | 20.5 min | 3.0% |
| BNA–DEN | Nashville to Denver | 314 | 58.3% | 24.0 min | 0.3% |
| BNA–DFW | Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 307 | 69.4% | 22.0 min | 2.3% |
| BNA–BOS | Nashville to Boston | 292 | 72.6% | 17.0 min | 0.0% |
| BNA–MCO | Nashville to Orlando | 286 | 68.9% | 13.7 min | 1.0% |
| BNA–AUS | Nashville to Austin | 276 | 72.5% | 12.5 min | 0.7% |
| BNA–PHX | Nashville to Phoenix | 239 | 69.9% | 12.9 min | 1.3% |
| BNA–DAL | Nashville to Dallas | 219 | 69.9% | 10.7 min | 1.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BNA on time in May 2025?
72.6% of 9,458 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 69.7% of 8,811 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 72.6% and 1.2% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.