Flights Nashville → Raleigh-durham
BNA → RDU
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Raleigh-Durham operates with a Boeing 737-300 and has an on-time performance rate of 78%, with average delays of 11.5 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 728 flights on this route, serving the high traffic destination airport in Raleigh-Durham which sees nearly 14.5 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) → Raleigh-durham (RDU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 902 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.22%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Raleigh-durham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Raleigh-durham (RDU) heads east for about 710 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of BNA-RDU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Raleigh-durham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 902 tracked BNA-RDU flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 2.2% 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-RDU
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Raleigh-durham (RDU) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 902 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Raleigh-durham is 2.22% across 902 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Raleigh-durham, 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.
