Flights Nashville → Washington
BNA → IAD
Route overview
The flight route from Nashville to Washington has a 79% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 16.6 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, this route has seen 244 total flights departing from Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937, connecting to one of the busiest airports in the United States serving over 21 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) → Washington (IAD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 322 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nashville (BNA) to Washington (IAD) heads north-east for about 871 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 31m.
Departures from Nashville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 38% of BNA-IAD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 322 tracked BNA-IAD flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 2.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about BNA-IAD
On the Nashville (BNA) -> Washington (IAD) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 322 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nashville-Washington is 2.48% across 322 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
