Nashville International in April 2026

75.4%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 9,617 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 75.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.1% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 3.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 8,796 departures with 78.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 78.9% of the time (9,615 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 77.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.2%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	75.4%	78.4%	71.0%	79.1%
Arrived on time	77.1%	79.0%	74.4%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.9%	1.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.2 min	15.9 min	18.0 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	321	293	300	19,931
Scheduled departures	9,617	8,796	109,436	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,552	58%	75.5%	6.1 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	798	8%	85.2%	-0.4 min	1.4%
AA American Airlines	774	8%	79.3%	10.1 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	698	7%	79.4%	4.5 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	643	7%	75.7%	13.3 min	0.9%
MQ Envoy Air	271	3%	74.9%	6.2 min	3.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	206	2%	80.6%	11.1 min	2.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	161	2%	78.3%	4.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	130	1%	77.7%	10.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	125	1%	69.6%	23.2 min	2.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	110	1%	81.8%	1.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	90	1%	77.8%	5.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BNA–ORD	Nashville to Chicago	512	68.8%	19.4 min	3.5%
BNA–ATL	Nashville to Atlanta	378	85.2%	-3.8 min	2.1%
BNA–DCA	Nashville to Washington	371	78.2%	5.2 min	0.3%
BNA–LGA	Nashville to New York	340	75.0%	11.2 min	0.3%
BNA–CLT	Nashville to Charlotte	336	82.7%	7.2 min	0.3%
BNA–MCO	Nashville to Orlando	300	72.7%	11.8 min	0.0%
BNA–DFW	Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth	292	74.7%	16.2 min	1.4%
BNA–DEN	Nashville to Denver	284	76.4%	7.0 min	0.4%
BNA–AUS	Nashville to Austin	266	86.5%	1.5 min	0.0%
BNA–PHL	Nashville to Philadelphia	244	74.6%	10.5 min	1.2%
BNA–BOS	Nashville to Boston	238	73.9%	7.8 min	0.0%
BNA–PHX	Nashville to Phoenix	219	73.1%	8.2 min	0.5%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.8%	33.5%	39,372
Late-arriving aircraft	46.9%	40.4%	58,078
National Aviation System	18.6%	21.0%	23,007
Extreme weather	2.6%	5.0%	3,197
Security	0.2%	0.1%	289

123,943 delay minutes on 2,133 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 April 2026?

75.4% of 9,617 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 78.4% of 8,796 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 75.4% and 0.6% in April 2026.

Provenance

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