Flights Nashville → Fort Lauderdale
BNA → FLL
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale has a 76% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 14.4 minutes per flight. Since its origin airport opened in 1937, this route has seen 557 flights, connecting to one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, which serves over 31 million passengers yearly.
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) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 755 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.71%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fort Lauderdale: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) heads south-east for about 1,278 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 1m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of BNA-FLL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Lauderdale it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 755 tracked BNA-FLL flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 3.7% 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-FLL
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 755 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Fort Lauderdale is 3.71% across 755 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Fort Lauderdale, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
