Flights Nashville → St. Louis
BNA → STL
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to St. Louis has a 70% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 12.7 minutes when flights are not on time. With over three hundred flights annually, this route connects two cities served by airports that see significant traffic, including Lambert-St. Louis International Airport which handles more than thirteen million passengers per year.
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) → St. Louis (STL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 411 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.70%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to St. Louis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to St. Louis (STL) heads north-west for about 437 km, a flight time of roughly 58m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 45% of BNA-STL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into St. Louis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 411 tracked BNA-STL flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.7% 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-STL
On the Nashville (BNA) -> St. Louis (STL) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 411 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-St. Louis is 1.70% across 411 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.
