Flights Nashville → Kansas City
BNA → MCI
How long is the flight from Nashville to Kansas City?
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Kansas City (MCI) takes about 1h 24m. 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
This flight route operates between Nashville and Kansas City, using Boeing 737-300 aircraft. With a total of 324 flights recorded, the route has an on-time performance rate of 76%, with an average delay time of 12.5 minutes. The destination airport in Kansas City handles nearly nine million passengers annually and is one of the busier airports on this route.
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) → Kansas City (MCI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 815 flights monitored in recent months, 66% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.35%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Kansas City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Kansas City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Kansas City (MCI) heads north-west for about 790 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 45% of BNA-MCI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Kansas City it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 815 tracked BNA-MCI flights, 66% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about BNA-MCI
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Kansas City (MCI) takes about 1h 24m. 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) -> Kansas City (MCI) route, on-time performance is 66% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 815 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Kansas City is 1.35% across 815 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.
