Flights Fort Lauderdale → Nashville
FLL → BNA
How long is the flight from Fort Lauderdale to Nashville?
The flight from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Nashville (BNA) takes 1h 58m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Nashville operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 67%, with an average delay of 20.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 559 total flights, serving a destination airport that opened in 1937 and currently handles nearly 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 Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 1237 flights monitored in recent months, 63% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.18%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.6/100 (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 Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Nashville (BNA) heads north-west for about 1,278 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 58m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 35% of FLL-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,237 tracked FLL-BNA flights, 63% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 2.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about FLL-BNA
The flight from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Nashville (BNA) takes 1h 58m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 63% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 1237 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Nashville is 2.18% across 1237 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.
