Flights Nashville → Boston
BNA → BOS
How long is the flight from Nashville to Boston?
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Boston (BOS) takes 2h 9m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Boston operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 70%, with an average delay of 15.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 648 flights, connecting Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937, to Boston's Logan International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States with over 36 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.
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The Nashville (BNA) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 1662 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.01%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 1,514 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 9m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 34% of BNA-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,662 tracked BNA-BOS flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 3.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about BNA-BOS
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Boston (BOS) takes 2h 9m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 1662 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Boston is 3.01% across 1662 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.
