Flights Columbus → Nashville
CMH → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Columbus to Nashville operates with an on-time performance rate of 81%, and flights typically experience a mean delay of 8.8 minutes. With over two hundred thirty-six total flights recorded, this route connects two historically significant airports, the origin airport in Columbus having opened in 1929 and the destination airport in Nashville in 1937, serving approximately 18,990,858 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 Columbus (CMH) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 298 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.01%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.4/100 (low), 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 Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Columbus (CMH) to Nashville (BNA) heads south-west for about 543 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 6m.
Departures from Columbus on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 40% of CMH-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 298 tracked CMH-BNA flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 1.0% 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 CMH-BNA
On the Columbus (CMH) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 298 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Columbus-Nashville is 1.01% across 298 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.
