Flights Los Angeles → Nashville
LAX → BNA
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Nashville?
The flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Nashville (BNA) takes 3h 30m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
This flight route operates between Los Angeles and Nashville, utilizing Boeing 737-800 aircraft. With a high on-time performance rate of 80%, the average delay is approximately 10.1 minutes, based on a total of 553 flights recorded. The destination airport in Nashville, which opened in 1937, serves over eighteen million 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 Los Angeles (LAX) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1392 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.01%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.9/100 (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 Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Los Angeles (LAX) to Nashville (BNA) heads east for about 2,886 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 30m.
Departures from Los Angeles on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 51% of LAX-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,392 tracked LAX-BNA flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 85% | -1 min | 0.5% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about LAX-BNA
The flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Nashville (BNA) takes 3h 30m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Los Angeles (LAX) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 1392 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Los Angeles-Nashville is 1.01% across 1392 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, 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.
