Nashville International in March 2026

67.7%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 9,623 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 67.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 5.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 8,654 departures with 79.7% leaving on time: a change of −12.0 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 72.4% of the time (9,622 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 73.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.2%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	67.7%	79.7%	71.0%	72.8%
Arrived on time	73.2%	80.1%	74.4%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.3%	0.9%	1.5%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.3 min	14.5 min	18.0 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	321	289	300	20,403
Scheduled departures	9,623	8,654	109,436	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,542	58%	74.3%	5.5 min	1.5%
YX Republic Airline	795	8%	64.5%	17.9 min	3.3%
AA American Airlines	721	7%	77.9%	11.3 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	713	7%	81.6%	1.9 min	3.6%
UA United Airlines	592	6%	74.2%	22.6 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	301	3%	70.4%	24.3 min	5.0%
MQ Envoy Air	206	2%	62.1%	24.3 min	5.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	181	2%	70.7%	20.6 min	2.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	168	2%	50.6%	27.8 min	10.1%
OH PSA Airlines	131	1%	57.3%	37.3 min	13.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	110	1%	83.6%	0.6 min	1.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	87	1%	70.1%	11.7 min	1.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BNA–ORD	Nashville to Chicago	446	59.6%	41.3 min	6.7%
BNA–DCA	Nashville to Washington	382	58.4%	24.6 min	3.9%
BNA–LGA	Nashville to New York	366	51.1%	28.4 min	7.4%
BNA–ATL	Nashville to Atlanta	364	78.3%	2.1 min	2.7%
BNA–MCO	Nashville to Orlando	328	61.3%	17.3 min	3.7%
BNA–CLT	Nashville to Charlotte	314	74.2%	10.4 min	2.2%
BNA–DEN	Nashville to Denver	307	77.2%	11.4 min	0.3%
BNA–DFW	Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth	279	73.8%	14.6 min	2.2%
BNA–AUS	Nashville to Austin	277	83.4%	-1.5 min	0.0%
BNA–PHL	Nashville to Philadelphia	243	75.7%	5.6 min	1.6%
BNA–BOS	Nashville to Boston	234	67.5%	13.2 min	1.7%
BNA–PHX	Nashville to Phoenix	230	83.0%	1.1 min	1.7%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.4%	33.5%	54,967
Late-arriving aircraft	43.7%	39.3%	71,902
National Aviation System	19.4%	21.0%	31,903
Extreme weather	3.2%	5.9%	5,225
Security	0.2%	0.2%	410

164,407 delay minutes on 2,333 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 2026?

67.7% of 9,623 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 79.7% of 8,654 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 67.7% and 2.3% in March 2026.

Provenance

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