Flights Jacksonville → Nashville
JAX → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Jacksonville to Nashville operates with a 75% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 13 minutes when flights are not on time. The destination airport in Nashville, which opened in 1937, handles approximately 18,990,858 passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports for 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 Jacksonville (JAX) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 359 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.84%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.4/100 (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 Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Jacksonville (JAX) to Nashville (BNA) heads north-west for about 779 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Jacksonville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of JAX-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 359 tracked JAX-BNA flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.8% 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 JAX-BNA
On the Jacksonville (JAX) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 359 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Jacksonville-Nashville is 0.84% across 359 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.
