Flights Minneapolis → Nashville
MSP → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Minneapolis to Nashville operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 83%. Over the past year, it has seen a total of 416 flights, with each flight experiencing an average delay of just 6.1 minutes. The destination airport in Nashville, which opened in 1937 and currently serves approximately 18,990,858 passengers annually, is primarily serviced by Canadair Regional Jet 700 and 900 aircraft models.
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 Minneapolis (MSP) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 537 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.42%. 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 Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to Nashville (BNA) heads south-east for about 1,119 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 49m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of MSP-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 537 tracked MSP-BNA flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 2.4% cancellation rate.
Route facts
Flights on this route
Check the risk of a specific flight.
Flexible on this trip? Compare flights
Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
Airlines operating MSP-BNA
Airports
Frequently asked questions about MSP-BNA
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 537 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-Nashville is 2.42% across 537 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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.
