Flights Nashville → Minneapolis
BNA → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Minneapolis operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 900 and has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with the average delay being just 4.3 minutes. Over the past period, there have been 416 flights on this route, connecting passengers from Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937, to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States with over 31 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) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 536 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.43%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north-west for about 1,119 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 49m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 52% of BNA-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 536 tracked BNA-MSP flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 2.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about BNA-MSP
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 536 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Minneapolis is 2.43% across 536 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
