Flights Austin → Nashville
AUS → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to Nashville operates with a 76% on-time performance rate, experiencing an average delay of 12.6 minutes per flight. With over seven million passengers annually at the destination airport, which opened in 1937, this route sees significant traffic, totaling 768 flights throughout the year.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 955 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.47%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to Nashville (BNA) heads north-east for about 1,215 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 56m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 39% of AUS-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 955 tracked AUS-BNA flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-BNA
On the Austin (AUS) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 955 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-Nashville is 1.47% across 955 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
