Flights Nashville → Charleston
BNA → CHS
How long is the flight from Nashville to Charleston?
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Charleston (CHS) takes about 1h 18m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Charleston has a 74% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 14.1 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 235 flights, connecting the historic city of Nashville, whose airport opened in 1937, with Charleston's more recently established airport from 1941, which currently handles over five 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) → Charleston (CHS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 568 flights monitored in recent months, 64% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.35%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charleston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Charleston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Charleston (CHS) heads south-east for about 706 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 36% of BNA-CHS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Charleston it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 568 tracked BNA-CHS flights, 64% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 0.3% 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-CHS
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Charleston (CHS) takes about 1h 18m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Charleston (CHS) route, on-time performance is 64% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 568 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Charleston is 0.35% across 568 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.
