Airport month record
BNANOV
Nashville International in November 2025
- Departures
- 8,849
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 13
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at BNA, see live FAA status.
BNA in November lands a B, level with the national rate of 79.4%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 8,849 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 777 at 81.7% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the five carriers covered here at 81.7% on time across 777 flights.
Key figures
On time
79.0%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 8,725 completed departures
Avg delay
68 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.22%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
76.2%
BNA across all twelve months
These figures cover 8,849 departures from Nashville International in November 2025. 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
November next to BNA's other months
Against BNA's own year, November ran 3 points better than the twelve-month rate of 76.2%, which makes it number five of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, October ran 75.4% on time and December 74.9%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse 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 (this page) | 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 | 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 November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 24 points, against 11 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,715 flights89.7%
- 8am–11am1,576 flights88.1%
- 11am–2pm1,482 flights81.1%
- 2pm–5pm1,696 flights72.8%
- 5pm–8pm1,680 flights66.2%
- 8pm–5am700 flights73.5%
Scale runs 60% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 89.7% of the time, against 66.2% for the evening window. That is 24 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 1,715 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 88.3% on time and Sunday the weakest at 67.5%. 21 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at BNA in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 81.7% of the time; Republic Airways manages 70.6%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 635 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 4,958 | 80.8% | 59 min | 0.36% | B+ |
| Delta Air Lines | 777 | 81.7% | 85 min | 2.32% | B |
| American Airlines | 687 | 78.2% | 83 min | 1.75% | B |
| Republic Airways | 635 | 70.6% | 71 min | 4.41% | C− |
| United Airlines | 513 | 76.7% | 88 min | 1.17% | B |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 286 | 77.1% | 75 min | 2.45% | B |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 229 | 83.4% | 64 min | 2.62% | B |
| Allegiant Airthin sample | 174 | 78.4% | 116 min | 0.57% | B+ |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 163 | 70.4% | 57 min | 2.45% | C |
| PSA Airlinesthin sample | 137 | 69.7% | 77 min | 3.65% | C− |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 122 | 77.3% | 60 min | 1.64% | B |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 88 | 69.3% | 38 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 80 | 67.1% | 101 min | 1.25% | C |
Republic Airways cancels 4.4% 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 November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA to ORD · Chicago | 427 | 69.1% | 83 min | 5.39% | C− |
| BNA to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 360 | 70.9% | 60 min | 1.94% | C |
| BNA to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 334 | 66.9% | 83 min | 1.50% | C |
| BNA to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 329 | 81.2% | 68 min | 2.74% | B |
| BNA to DEN · Denverthin sample | 289 | 85.8% | 58 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| BNA to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 288 | 81.2% | 78 min | 2.08% | B |
| BNA to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 287 | 84.6% | 64 min | 0.70% | B+ |
| BNA to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 256 | 77.6% | 72 min | 3.12% | B− |
| BNA to AUS · Austinthin sample | 243 | 80.2% | 65 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| BNA to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 231 | 77.3% | 105 min | 0.43% | B+ |
| BNA to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 225 | 74.9% | 85 min | 0.89% | C+ |
| BNA to MIA · Miamithin sample | 209 | 75.8% | 65 min | 0.96% | B+ |
| BNA to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 205 | 83.3% | 82 min | 0.49% | B+ |
| BNA to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 201 | 80.8% | 51 min | 1.49% | B |
| BNA to TPA · Tampathin sample | 195 | 77.3% | 59 min | 0.51% | B+ |
| BNA to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 194 | 83.9% | 51 min | 1.03% | B |
| BNA to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 187 | 79.2% | 63 min | 2.14% | B |
| BNA to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 185 | 78.4% | 87 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| BNA to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 176 | 82.9% | 53 min | 0.57% | B+ |
| BNA to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 171 | 67.5% | 102 min | 8.19% | C− |
| BNA to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 168 | 81.0% | 49 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| BNA to HOU · Houstonthin sample | 166 | 83.7% | 61 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| BNA to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 160 | 81.2% | 57 min | 2.50% | B |
| BNA to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 144 | 72.7% | 62 min | 2.78% | C |
| BNA to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 143 | 83.8% | 54 min | 0.70% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held BNA up in November
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 51% of the 125,000 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.
- 51%Late-arriving aircraft
- 23%Carrier
- 23%National Airspace System
- 3%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
51% 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 125,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 18 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 124,910 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.22% against a national 2.49%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.18%.
8.3% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%. 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 November
For a November trip through BNA: expect 79.0% on time and 1.22% cancelled, going by November 2025. 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 December74.9%
- BNA in January84.3%
- BNA in February81.0%
- 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.