Airport month record
BNAFEB
Nashville International in February 2026
- Departures
- 7,542
- Month
- February 2026
- National, same month
- 80.2%
- Carriers
- 13
Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at BNA, see live FAA status.
BNA in February lands a B, about a point better than the national rate of 80.2%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 7,542 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 551 at 89.0% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the five carriers covered here at 89.0% on time across 551 flights.
Key figures
On time
81.0%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 7,410 completed departures
Avg delay
56 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.62%
Nationally in February: 2.25%
Whole year
76.2%
BNA across all twelve months
These figures cover 7,542 departures from Nashville International in February 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
February next to BNA's other months
Against BNA's own year, February ran 5 points better than the twelve-month rate of 76.2%, which makes it number three of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, January ran 84.3% on time and March 75.1%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 9,459 | 69.6% | 80 min | 2.09% | C |
| August 2025 | 9,012 | 80.8% | 63 min | 0.81% | B+ |
| September 2025 | 8,686 | 85.2% | 62 min | 0.24% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 9,841 | 75.4% | 59 min | 0.42% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 8,849 | 79.0% | 68 min | 1.22% | B |
| December 2025 | 8,776 | 74.9% | 64 min | 0.99% | C+ |
| January 2026 | 7,853 | 84.3% | 66 min | 7.07% | B− |
| February 2026 (this page) | 7,542 | 81.0% | 56 min | 1.62% | B |
| March 2026 | 9,623 | 75.1% | 71 min | 2.31% | B |
| April 2026 | 9,617 | 77.7% | 58 min | 0.60% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 9,814 | 70.6% | 57 min | 0.57% | C+ |
| June 2026 | 9,725 | 65.5% | 61 min | 0.98% | C+ |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave BNA in February
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 13 points, against 11 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,281 flights87.7%
- 8am–11am1,553 flights87.9%
- 11am–2pm1,332 flights79.8%
- 2pm–5pm1,406 flights75.6%
- 5pm–8pm1,337 flights74.7%
- 8pm–5am633 flights78.5%
Scale runs 65% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the morning departure. Flights leaving between 8am–11am arrive on time 87.9% of the time, against 74.7% for the evening window. That is 13 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 1,553 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Saturday is the strongest day at 87.8% on time and Sunday the weakest at 71.2%. 17 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at BNA in February
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 89.0% of the time; Republic Airways manages 78.2%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 655 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 4,275 | 80.7% | 41 min | 0.80% | B+ |
| American Airlines | 660 | 82.4% | 88 min | 1.97% | B |
| Republic Airways | 655 | 78.2% | 57 min | 5.95% | B− |
| Delta Air Lines | 551 | 89.0% | 61 min | 1.27% | A |
| United Airlines | 456 | 83.7% | 58 min | 1.75% | B |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 235 | 74.5% | 116 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 186 | 76.9% | 76 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 167 | 81.4% | 74 min | 6.59% | B− |
| PSA Airlinesthin sample | 102 | 73.5% | 75 min | 3.92% | C− |
| Allegiant Airthin sample | 94 | 81.9% | 116 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 60 | 85.0% | 73 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 55 | 74.0% | 84 min | 9.09% | C− |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 46 | 66.7% | 80 min | 2.17% | C |
Republic Airways cancels 6.0% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of BNA in February
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 344 | 69.0% | 45 min | 3.20% | C− |
| BNA to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 329 | 71.3% | 89 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| BNA to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 292 | 80.1% | 43 min | 7.19% | B− |
| BNA to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 289 | 89.2% | 45 min | 0.69% | A+ |
| BNA to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 289 | 76.4% | 53 min | 2.77% | B |
| BNA to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 262 | 83.5% | 109 min | 0.38% | B+ |
| BNA to DEN · Denverthin sample | 253 | 77.1% | 55 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| BNA to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 247 | 81.1% | 72 min | 3.64% | B− |
| BNA to AUS · Austinthin sample | 225 | 87.1% | 61 min | 0.44% | A+ |
| BNA to MIA · Miamithin sample | 208 | 79.8% | 92 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| BNA to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 202 | 73.4% | 77 min | 6.93% | C− |
| BNA to TPA · Tampathin sample | 183 | 78.1% | 45 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| BNA to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 181 | 78.9% | 43 min | 0.55% | B+ |
| BNA to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 179 | 82.2% | 47 min | 2.23% | B |
| BNA to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 176 | 71.2% | 73 min | 7.39% | C− |
| BNA to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 172 | 86.5% | 46 min | 0.58% | A+ |
| BNA to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 167 | 86.1% | 49 min | 1.20% | A |
| BNA to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 154 | 83.8% | 57 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| BNA to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 154 | 76.6% | 50 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| BNA to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 152 | 81.3% | 37 min | 0.66% | B+ |
| BNA to HOU · Houstonthin sample | 137 | 87.6% | 39 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| BNA to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 131 | 85.6% | 36 min | 3.05% | A− |
| BNA to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 120 | 83.2% | 49 min | 0.83% | B+ |
| BNA to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 115 | 93.9% | 72 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| BNA to MSY · New Orleansthin sample | 110 | 83.6% | 43 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held BNA up in February
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 78,000 reported delay minutes.
- 41%Late-arriving aircraft
- 35%Carrier
- 20%National Airspace System
- 4%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
41% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 78,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 11 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 78,328 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.62% against a national 2.25%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.13%.
Badly late arrivals are rare here: only 4.8% land an hour or more behind schedule, against 6.5% nationally. Connections built on this flight are about as safe as US domestic connections get, though a cancelled flight still ignores every layover you give it.
What to do with this
Flying from BNA in February
For a February trip through BNA: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 81.0% on time with 1.62% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular day.
Related
Where to go next
- Nashville International (BNA), the whole year
- BNA in July69.6%
- BNA in August80.8%
- BNA in September85.2%
- BNA in October75.4%
- BNA in November79.0%
- BNA in December74.9%
- BNA in January84.3%
- BNA in March75.1%
- BNA in April77.7%
- BNA in May70.6%
- BNA in June65.5%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.