Flights Nashville → Tampa
BNA → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Tampa has a 73% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 12.3 minutes when flights are not on time. With over 621 total flights recorded, this route connects Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937, to one of the busiest airports in the United States by passenger traffic, serving nearly 21.5 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) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 795 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.52%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Tampa (TPA) heads south-east for about 986 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 39m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 43% of BNA-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 795 tracked BNA-TPA flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.5% 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-TPA
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 795 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Tampa is 2.52% across 795 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.
