Flights Nashville → Phoenix
BNA → PHX
How long is the flight from Nashville to Phoenix?
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Phoenix (PHX) takes 3h 17m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Phoenix has a punctuality rate of 69%, with an average delay time of 16.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 630 flights depart from Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937, heading towards Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States with over 44 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) → Phoenix (PHX) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 1491 flights monitored in recent months, 65% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.14%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Phoenix: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Phoenix (PHX) heads west for about 2,326 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 17m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 37% of BNA-PHX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Phoenix it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,491 tracked BNA-PHX flights, 65% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 1.1% 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-PHX
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to Phoenix (PHX) takes 3h 17m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Phoenix (PHX) route, on-time performance is 65% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 1491 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Phoenix is 1.14% across 1491 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.
