Flights Nashville → Los Angeles
BNA → LAX
How long is the flight from Nashville to Los Angeles?
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes 3h 52m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
This flight route operates from Nashville to Los Angeles, utilizing Boeing 737-800 aircraft. With a total of 552 flights and a 73% on-time performance rate, the average delay is approximately 12.8 minutes. The origin airport in Nashville opened in 1937, while the destination airport in Los Angeles, one of the busiest airports globally with over 76 million passengers annually, was established as early as 1926.
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.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The Nashville (BNA) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1418 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.99%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 2,886 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 52m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 39% of BNA-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,418 tracked BNA-LAX flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 1.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 85% | -1 min | 0.5% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about BNA-LAX
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes 3h 52m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 1418 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Los Angeles is 0.99% across 1418 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Los Angeles, 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.
