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DUB→BNA

Dublin to Nashville

Flights
392 both ways
Carriers
1
Distance
3,896 mi
Period
July 2025 to June 2026
—GRADE

No public record scores Dublin to Nashville International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 392 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about four departures a week in each direction, flown by Aer Lingus. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 75.7% of all departures from Dublin leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 73.7% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 74.8% of BNA's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.

On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Dublin ranks 34th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.

Key figures

Flights

392

Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)

Carriers

1

Aer Lingus

DUB departures on time

75.7%

All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)

BNA domestic on time

74.8%

US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures

Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 0.3 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Dublin so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from BNA ran about an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 1.50% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.

Carrier by carrier

Who flies DUB to BNA

Aer Lingus is the only carrier the DOT report shows on DUB to BNA, with 392 flights and an average of 138 passengers aboard each. A single-carrier route gives a delayed passenger no same-day alternative on the same ticket, which is worth knowing before booking a tight onward connection.

Carriers on DUB to BNA by flights operated
AirlineFlightsSharePer monthPassengers / flight
Aer Lingus392100%33138

DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.

Across the year

How often DUB to BNA flies through the year

The DOT's international report puts 44 flights on the pair in May 2026, the busiest month of the window, and 6 in January 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.

Flights per month, both directions

  • July 202536
  • August 202536
  • September 202534
  • October 202534
  • November 202535
  • December 202531
  • January 20266
  • February 202618
  • March 202636
  • April 202640
  • May 202644
  • June 202642
Flights in both directions together, as the DOT international report counts them; flights per calendar month.

The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 392 between DUB and BNA from July 2025 to June 2026, about four departures a week in each direction, carrying 54,244 passengers. That makes it the 17th busiest of 23 US routes from Dublin and the 2nd busiest of 3 European routes into BNA.

The departure airport

How Dublin is running

EUROCONTROL's figures for Dublin as a whole, every airline and every destination: 75.7% of departures and 73.7% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 97.5% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 77.0% for departures, about a point better than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.3 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.0 over the last week.

EUROCONTROL punctuality at Dublin
WindowDepartures on timeArrivals on timeSchedules operatedATFM delay / arrival
Yesterday (21 October 2026)80.9%80.7%96.5%0.0 min
Last 7 days77.0%76.4%97.8%0.0 min
Year to date75.7%73.7%97.5%0.3 min

Every US route from Dublin, and its full punctuality record

The arrival airport

Landing at Nashville International

Nashville International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 74.8% of its 110,118 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running about an hour late, and 1.50% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at BNA reaches a flight from DUB just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.

Domestic on time

74.8%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)

Avg delay

63 min

Delayed domestic flights only

Cancelled

1.50%

Domestic departures

110,118

Last twelve months

Nashville International (BNA) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month

Your rights

EC 261/2004 on DUB to BNA

Every flight that departs Dublin falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Nashville International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from BNA is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 3,896 miles, 6,269 km, which puts it in the top distance band.

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What to do with this

Booking DUB to BNA

There is no grade to give DUB to BNA without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about four departures a week in each direction, a single carrier, a departure airport that gets 76% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 75% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at BNA; immigration comes before the connecting flight.

Common questions

DUB to BNA questions

How often are DUB to BNA flights delayed?

No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (75.7% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and BNA's domestic record in the DOT data (74.8% on time).

Which airlines fly DUB to BNA?

Aer Lingus. Aer Lingus accounted for 100% of the 392 flights the DOT counted on the pair.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed DUB to BNA flight?

Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Dublin are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from BNA is covered only on an EU carrier.

How many flights a day are there from DUB to BNA?

About four departures a week in each direction: the DOT counted 392 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 44 in May 2026 and falling to 6 in January 2026.

Related

Where to go next

Ireland publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.

Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.