Flights Fort Lauderdale → Nashville
FLL → BNA
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.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 754 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.52%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.7/100 (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 Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 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 2h 1m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 32% of FLL-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 754 tracked FLL-BNA flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 2.5% cancellation rate.
Route facts
Flights on this route
Check the risk of a specific flight.
Flexible on this trip? Compare flights
Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
Airlines operating FLL-BNA
Airports
Frequently asked questions about FLL-BNA
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 754 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Nashville is 2.52% across 754 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Nashville, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
