Flights New York → Nashville
LGA → BNA
Route overview
This flight route connects New York to Nashville, operating with Canadair Regional Jet 700 and 900 aircraft. With a total of 1094 flights recorded, the route has a 71% on-time performance rate, averaging delays of 16.4 minutes when not arriving on schedule. The destination airport, which opened in 1937, serves over 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 York (LGA) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1421 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.11%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.7/100 (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 York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New York (LGA) to Nashville (BNA) heads west for about 1,228 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 57m.
Departures from New York on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of LGA-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,421 tracked LGA-BNA flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 7.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about LGA-BNA
On the New York (LGA) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 1421 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New York-Nashville is 7.11% across 1421 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, 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.
