Flights Detroit → Nashville
DTW → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Nashville operates with a high on-time performance rate of 79%, with an average delay of just 8 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 554 flights on this route using aircraft such as the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, and McDonnell Douglas MD-88, serving Nashville International Airport, which has been in operation since 1937 and currently handles nearly 19 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 Detroit (DTW) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 719 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.09%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21/100 (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 Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Nashville (BNA) heads south-west for about 735 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 20m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 44% of DTW-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 719 tracked DTW-BNA flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 2.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DTW-BNA
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 719 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Nashville is 2.09% across 719 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
