Flights New Orleans → Nashville
MSY → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from New Orleans to Nashville operates with a Boeing 737 series aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 78%, with flights typically experiencing delays averaging 10.3 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 348 total flights on this route, serving Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937 and currently handles nearly 18,990,858 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 New Orleans (MSY) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 444 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.90%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Nashville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New Orleans (MSY) to Nashville (BNA) heads north-east for about 759 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 22m.
Departures from New Orleans on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of MSY-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 444 tracked MSY-BNA flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.9% 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 MSY-BNA
On the New Orleans (MSY) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 444 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New Orleans-Nashville is 0.90% across 444 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.
