Flights Houston → Nashville
IAH → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Nashville has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 14.6 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1937, serves over 18,990,858 passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the region.
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 (IAH) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 654 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.29%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (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 (IAH) to Nashville (BNA) heads north-east for about 1,057 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 44m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 54% of IAH-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 654 tracked IAH-BNA flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 2.3% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-BNA
On the Houston (IAH) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 654 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Nashville is 2.29% across 654 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
