Flights Nashville → Dallas-Fort Worth
BNA → DFW
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with a high frequency of 833 flights, utilizing Boeing 737-800 and McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft. With an on-time performance rate of 78%, the average delay is approximately 21.8 minutes, connecting one of the oldest operational airports in Nashville, which opened in 1937, to a bustling destination airport that serves over 87 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) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1107 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 29 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.07%. 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 Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads west for about 1,014 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 41m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of BNA-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,107 tracked BNA-DFW flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 29 min and a 3.1% 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-DFW
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 29 minutes, based on 1107 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Dallas-Fort Worth is 3.07% across 1107 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.
