Flights Cleveland → Nashville
CLE → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Cleveland to Nashville has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of just seven minutes. Since its origin airport opened in 1925 and the destination airport in 1937, this route connects two cities with significant aviation history, serving Nashville's bustling airport which handles over eighteen 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 Cleveland (CLE) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 304 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.64%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.1/100 (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 Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cleveland (CLE) to Nashville (BNA) heads south-west for about 721 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from Cleveland on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 39% of CLE-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 304 tracked CLE-BNA flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLE-BNA
On the Cleveland (CLE) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 304 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cleveland-Nashville is 1.64% across 304 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: United Airlines, 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.
