Flights Nashville → San Diego
BNA → SAN
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to San Diego operates with an average on-time performance rate of 67%, and flights typically experience a mean delay of 17.5 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 274 flights connecting two historically significant airports: Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937, and San Diego International Airport, established back in 1928, serving over 22 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) → San Diego (SAN) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 333 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.60%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Diego: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to San Diego (SAN) heads west for about 2,812 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 56m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 35% of BNA-SAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Diego it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 333 tracked BNA-SAN flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 0.6% 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-SAN
On the Nashville (BNA) -> San Diego (SAN) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 333 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-San Diego is 0.60% across 333 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.
