Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Nashville
DFW → BNA
How long is the flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Nashville?
The flight from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Nashville (BNA) takes 1h 29m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Nashville operates with a mix of Boeing 737-800 and McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft, serving the busy Nashville International Airport which opened in 1937 and currently handles nearly 19 million passengers annually. With 834 total flights recorded, this route experiences an average delay of 18.3 minutes per flight and has a 71% on-time performance rate.
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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 2147 flights monitored in recent months, 65% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.17%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Nashville (BNA) heads north-east for about 1,014 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 29m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 36% of DFW-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 2,147 tracked DFW-BNA flights, 65% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 3.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-BNA
The flight from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Nashville (BNA) takes 1h 29m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 65% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 2147 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Nashville is 3.17% across 2147 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
