Nashville International in May 2026

65.2%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 9,814 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 65.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.1% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 11.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 9,458 departures with 72.6% leaving on time: a change of −7.4 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 71.9% of the time (9,814 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 70.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.1%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	65.2%	72.6%	71.0%	77.1%
Arrived on time	70.1%	72.6%	74.4%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.6%	1.2%	1.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.4 min	18.6 min	18.0 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	327	315	300	20,391
Scheduled departures	9,814	9,458	109,436	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,731	58%	64.6%	13.7 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	913	9%	82.5%	4.8 min	2.0%
AA American Airlines	850	9%	75.6%	12.7 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	677	7%	75.6%	12.2 min	0.7%
YX Republic Airline	490	5%	78.6%	3.2 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	277	3%	74.4%	9.1 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	225	2%	78.7%	15.3 min	0.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	194	2%	72.7%	17.0 min	0.5%
OH PSA Airlines	147	1%	77.6%	11.7 min	1.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	130	1%	80.8%	8.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	112	1%	79.5%	0.2 min	0.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	64	1%	71.9%	8.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BNA–ORD	Nashville to Chicago	497	72.2%	14.2 min	2.0%
BNA–ATL	Nashville to Atlanta	400	80.5%	2.6 min	2.5%
BNA–DCA	Nashville to Washington	378	72.0%	8.8 min	0.8%
BNA–CLT	Nashville to Charlotte	330	78.2%	4.7 min	0.0%
BNA–DFW	Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth	324	67.3%	25.7 min	2.8%
BNA–DEN	Nashville to Denver	314	67.2%	11.1 min	0.0%
BNA–LGA	Nashville to New York	283	71.4%	10.6 min	1.1%
BNA–AUS	Nashville to Austin	276	74.3%	9.1 min	0.0%
BNA–BOS	Nashville to Boston	270	68.1%	11.9 min	0.4%
BNA–MCO	Nashville to Orlando	260	60.8%	14.8 min	0.0%
BNA–PHL	Nashville to Philadelphia	245	71.8%	11.4 min	1.6%
BNA–MIA	Nashville to Miami	227	74.0%	10.9 min	0.0%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	32.5%	33.0%	52,758
Late-arriving aircraft	49.2%	40.4%	80,032
National Aviation System	16.2%	20.5%	26,294
Extreme weather	1.8%	6.0%	3,005
Security	0.3%	0.1%	429

162,518 delay minutes on 2,860 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 May 2026?

65.2% of 9,814 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 72.6% of 9,458 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 65.2% and 0.6% in May 2026.

Provenance

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