Airport month record
BNAMAR
Nashville International in March 2026
- Departures
- 9,623
- Month
- March 2026
- National, same month
- 75.7%
- Carriers
- 13
Historical statistics for March 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s March. For today’s conditions at BNA, see live FAA status.
BNA in March sits in the middle of the pack with a B. Close to three flights in four arrive on time by the DOT's definition, level with the national rate of 75.7%. The late ones land a little over an hour behind schedule. That rests on 9,623 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 713 at 84.8% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the five carriers covered here at 84.8% on time across 713 flights.
Key figures
On time
75.1%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 9,375 completed departures
Avg delay
71 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.31%
Nationally in March: 2.90%
Whole year
76.2%
BNA across all twelve months
These figures cover 9,623 departures from Nashville International in March 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
March next to BNA's other months
Against BNA's own year, March ran about a point worse than the twelve-month rate of 76.2%, which makes it number eight of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where March stands out: 2.31% of scheduled departures were called off, 1.5 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, February ran 81.0% on time and April 77.7%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a better stretch.
| 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 | 7,542 | 81.0% | 56 min | 1.62% | B |
| March 2026 (this page) | 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 March
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 22 points, against 18 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,900 flights86.4%
- 8am–11am1,628 flights85.3%
- 11am–2pm1,387 flights75.9%
- 2pm–5pm1,633 flights68.2%
- 5pm–8pm1,937 flights64.0%
- 8pm–5am1,138 flights69.3%
Scale runs 55% to 90%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 64.0% on time, against 86.4% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 5pm–8pm window is the busiest, with 1,937 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 79.8% on time and Friday the weakest at 72.2%. 8 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at BNA in March
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 84.8% of the time; Republic Airways manages 67.1%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 795 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 5,542 | 75.5% | 51 min | 1.46% | B |
| Republic Airways | 795 | 67.1% | 70 min | 3.27% | C− |
| American Airlines | 721 | 79.2% | 109 min | 1.25% | B |
| Delta Air Lines | 713 | 84.8% | 88 min | 3.65% | B− |
| United Airlines | 592 | 75.8% | 130 min | 1.69% | B |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 301 | 74.1% | 135 min | 4.98% | C− |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 206 | 66.0% | 84 min | 5.34% | C− |
| Allegiant Airthin sample | 181 | 73.6% | 105 min | 2.76% | C |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 168 | 56.3% | 75 min | 10.12% | D− |
| PSA Airlinesthin sample | 131 | 67.0% | 140 min | 12.98% | C− |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 110 | 85.2% | 73 min | 1.82% | A |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 87 | 70.9% | 61 min | 1.15% | C |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 76 | 64.9% | 81 min | 2.63% | D |
Delta Air Lines cancels 3.6% 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 March
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA to ORD · Chicago | 446 | 64.3% | 129 min | 6.73% | D− |
| BNA to DCA · Washington | 382 | 61.1% | 75 min | 3.93% | D− |
| BNA to LGA · New York | 366 | 55.3% | 73 min | 7.38% | D− |
| BNA to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 364 | 80.7% | 64 min | 2.75% | B |
| BNA to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 328 | 64.0% | 60 min | 3.66% | D− |
| BNA to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 314 | 75.9% | 70 min | 2.23% | B |
| BNA to DEN · Denverthin sample | 307 | 77.5% | 86 min | 0.33% | B+ |
| BNA to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 279 | 76.3% | 115 min | 2.15% | B |
| BNA to AUS · Austinthin sample | 277 | 83.4% | 84 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| BNA to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 243 | 77.0% | 56 min | 1.65% | B |
| BNA to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 234 | 68.7% | 60 min | 1.71% | C |
| BNA to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 230 | 84.5% | 81 min | 1.74% | B |
| BNA to MIA · Miamithin sample | 227 | 69.9% | 84 min | 3.08% | C− |
| BNA to TPA · Tampathin sample | 223 | 74.2% | 43 min | 2.69% | C |
| BNA to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 205 | 79.0% | 51 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| BNA to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 205 | 75.2% | 61 min | 1.46% | B |
| BNA to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 204 | 65.8% | 64 min | 4.90% | C− |
| BNA to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 199 | 90.8% | 99 min | 1.51% | A |
| BNA to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 199 | 75.9% | 80 min | 2.01% | B |
| BNA to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 184 | 80.9% | 61 min | 3.26% | B− |
| BNA to HOU · Houstonthin sample | 167 | 81.8% | 56 min | 1.20% | B |
| BNA to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 164 | 79.2% | 73 min | 2.44% | B |
| BNA to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 150 | 73.3% | 39 min | 2.00% | C |
| BNA to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 149 | 85.9% | 52 min | 4.70% | A− |
| BNA to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 142 | 84.9% | 170 min | 2.11% | B |
Delay causes
What held BNA up in March
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 44% of the 164,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.
- 44%Late-arriving aircraft
- 33%Carrier
- 19%National Airspace System
- 3%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
44% 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 164,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 14 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 164,407 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 2.31% against a national 2.90%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.27%.
8.3% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 9.5%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from BNA in March
For a March trip through BNA: expect 75.1% on time and 2.31% cancelled, going by March 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the 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 February81.0%
- 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.