Flights Baltimore → Nashville
BWI → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Nashville operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 79%, with average delays of 10.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 439 flights, connecting two historic airports: Baltimore's airport opened in 1947 while Nashville's dates back to 1937 and currently handles over 18.9 million passengers annually.
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 Baltimore (BWI) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 578 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.60%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.2/100 (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 Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Nashville (BNA) heads west for about 944 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 36m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of BWI-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 578 tracked BWI-BNA flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.6% 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 BWI-BNA
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 578 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Nashville is 2.60% across 578 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.
