Flights Denver → Nashville
DEN → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Nashville has an 80% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 11.5 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 843 flights operated by various aircraft including Airbus A320s, Airbus A319s, and Boeing 737-800s.
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 Denver (DEN) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1149 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.91%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.6/100 (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 Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Nashville (BNA) heads east for about 1,628 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 27m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 49% of DEN-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,149 tracked DEN-BNA flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.9% 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% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DEN-BNA
On the Denver (DEN) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 1149 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Nashville is 1.91% across 1149 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Frontier 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.
