Flights Nashville → Columbus
BNA → CMH
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Columbus has a 71% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 13.2 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 236 flights, connecting passengers between two historically significant airports: Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937, and Port Columbus International Airport, established back in 1929, the latter serving 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) → Columbus (CMH) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 298 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.35%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Columbus: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Columbus (CMH) heads north-east for about 543 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 6m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of BNA-CMH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Columbus it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 298 tracked BNA-CMH flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BNA-CMH
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Columbus (CMH) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 298 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Columbus is 2.35% across 298 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.
