Flights Miami → Nashville
MIA → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Miami to Nashville operates with a Boeing 737-800 and Embraer RJ145 aircraft, serving the high-traffic Nashville International Airport which opened in 1937 and handles nearly 19 million passengers annually. With an average delay of 17.9 minutes per flight and a 70% on-time performance rate, this route experiences moderate delays but maintains relatively consistent schedules.
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 Miami (MIA) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 899 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.3/100 (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 Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Miami (MIA) to Nashville (BNA) heads north-west for about 1,299 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 3m.
Departures from Miami on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 31% of MIA-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 899 tracked MIA-BNA flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 2.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about MIA-BNA
On the Miami (MIA) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 899 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Miami-Nashville is 2.00% across 899 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
