Flights Nashville → Cleveland
BNA → CLE
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Cleveland has a 72% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 14.1 minutes per flight. Over the years, this route has seen 239 flights, connecting passengers between two historically significant airports: Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937, and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, established back in 1925, serving over 8.6 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) → Cleveland (CLE) route is operated by United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 304 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.30%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Cleveland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Cleveland (CLE) heads north-east for about 721 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 38% of BNA-CLE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cleveland it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 304 tracked BNA-CLE flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.3% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BNA-CLE
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Cleveland (CLE) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 304 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Cleveland is 2.30% across 304 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: United Airlines, 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.
