Flights Nashville → Chicago
BNA → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Chicago operates with a fleet of aircraft including the Embraer RJ140, Embraer RJ145, Canadair Regional Jet 700, and Embraer 175. With an average delay time of 27 minutes and 76% of flights arriving on schedule, the route maintains a relatively high level of punctuality despite occasional delays.
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) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 1663 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 27 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.89%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Chicago (ORD) heads north for about 659 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 15m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of BNA-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,663 tracked BNA-ORD flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 27 min and a 5.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about BNA-ORD
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 27 minutes, based on 1663 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Chicago is 5.89% across 1663 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, United 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.
