Flights Nashville → Charlotte
BNA → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Charlotte operates with an average on-time performance rate of 76%, experiencing a mean delay of 18.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 897 flights using either Airbus A319 or Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft, connecting Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937, to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States with over 47 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) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1211 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.73%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Charlotte (CLT) heads east for about 528 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 5m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of BNA-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,211 tracked BNA-CLT flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 2.7% 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 BNA-CLT
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 1211 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Charlotte is 2.73% across 1211 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.
