Flights Nashville → New Orleans
BNA → MSY
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to New Orleans, operated by a Boeing 737-300, has an on-time performance rate of 76%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 9.7 minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen 349 total flights departing from Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937, and landing at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, serving over eleven 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) → New Orleans (MSY) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 445 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.90%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New Orleans: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to New Orleans (MSY) heads south-west for about 759 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 22m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 37% of BNA-MSY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New Orleans it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 445 tracked BNA-MSY flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.9% 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-MSY
On the Nashville (BNA) -> New Orleans (MSY) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 445 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-New Orleans is 0.90% across 445 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.
