Flights Nashville → Cincinnati
BNA → CVG
How long is the flight from Nashville to Cincinnati?
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Cincinnati (CVG) takes about 53 min. 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 Cincinnati has a 74% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 13.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 146 flights on this route, connecting Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937, to a busy destination airport that handles over seven 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) → Cincinnati (CVG) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 346 flights monitored in recent months, 66% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.29%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Cincinnati: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Cincinnati (CVG) heads north-east for about 370 km, a flight time of roughly 53m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 45% of BNA-CVG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Cincinnati it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 346 tracked BNA-CVG flights, 66% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 0.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about BNA-CVG
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Cincinnati (CVG) takes about 53 min. 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) -> Cincinnati (CVG) route, on-time performance is 66% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 346 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Cincinnati is 0.29% across 346 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
