Flights Houston → Nashville
HOU → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Nashville operates with a Boeing 737-500 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft, completing 454 flights annually. With an on-time performance rate of 77%, the average delay is approximately 10.3 minutes, making it relatively punctual despite minor delays. The destination airport in Nashville, which opened in 1937 and currently handles nearly 18,990,858 passengers per year, serves this route.
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 Houston (HOU) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 597 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.84%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Nashville (BNA) heads north-east for about 1,078 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 46m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 36% of HOU-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 597 tracked HOU-BNA flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about HOU-BNA
On the Houston (HOU) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 597 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Nashville is 1.84% across 597 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.
