Flights Nashville → St. Louis
BNA → STL
How long is the flight from Nashville to St. Louis?
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to St. Louis (STL) takes about 58 min. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
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 804 flights monitored in recent months, 66% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.24%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 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 42% of BNA-STL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into St. Louis it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 804 tracked BNA-STL flights, 66% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.2% 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-STL
The flight from Nashville (BNA) to St. Louis (STL) takes about 58 min. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Nashville (BNA) -> St. Louis (STL) route, on-time performance is 66% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 804 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-St. Louis is 1.24% across 804 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 St. Louis, 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.
