Nashville International in January 2026

75.6%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 7,853 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 75.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 7.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so BNA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 7,404 departures with 79.3% leaving on time: a change of −3.7 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 77.8% of the time (7,850 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 78.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
Cancelled 7.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from BNA in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	75.6%	79.3%	71.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	78.3%	79.3%	74.4%	75.3%
Cancelled	7.1%	4.3%	1.5%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.4 min	11.8 min	18.0 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	262	247	300	18,133
Scheduled departures	7,853	7,404	109,436	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,458	57%	82.5%	-4.5 min	6.0%
AA American Airlines	744	9%	70.3%	11.0 min	10.6%
YX Republic Airline	678	9%	69.2%	5.8 min	10.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	590	8%	82.0%	-1.6 min	5.8%
UA United Airlines	420	5%	73.8%	6.4 min	6.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	232	3%	74.1%	4.1 min	6.9%
MQ Envoy Air	201	3%	74.1%	8.2 min	5.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	168	2%	72.6%	0.8 min	12.5%
OH PSA Airlines	129	2%	68.2%	5.3 min	9.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	86	1%	72.1%	10.7 min	4.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	56	1%	53.6%	12.5 min	7.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	50	1%	62.0%	28.9 min	14.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BNA–DCA	Nashville to Washington	369	69.6%	6.6 min	10.0%
BNA–ORD	Nashville to Chicago	326	68.1%	13.6 min	6.1%
BNA–LGA	Nashville to New York	309	79.3%	-0.2 min	7.4%
BNA–DFW	Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth	307	72.6%	8.5 min	11.4%
BNA–ATL	Nashville to Atlanta	298	80.9%	-0.2 min	5.7%
BNA–MCO	Nashville to Orlando	285	80.0%	-2.3 min	7.0%
BNA–CLT	Nashville to Charlotte	260	75.4%	10.5 min	9.6%
BNA–DEN	Nashville to Denver	257	76.3%	2.8 min	5.4%
BNA–MIA	Nashville to Miami	241	69.7%	13.7 min	7.9%
BNA–AUS	Nashville to Austin	239	84.1%	-8.6 min	5.9%
BNA–FLL	Nashville to Fort Lauderdale	199	74.9%	2.8 min	9.0%
BNA–TPA	Nashville to Tampa	198	80.3%	0.1 min	4.5%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	35.4%	37.3%	26,510
Late-arriving aircraft	40.0%	35.0%	29,955
National Aviation System	19.0%	18.0%	14,229
Extreme weather	5.5%	9.6%	4,134
Security	0.1%	0.1%	50

74,878 delay minutes on 1,144 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 January 2026?

75.6% of 7,853 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 79.3% of 7,404 departures left on time and 4.3% were cancelled, against 75.6% and 7.1% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.