Flights Orlando → Nashville
MCO → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Orlando to Nashville operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 72%, with an average delay of 12.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees nearly nine hundred flights, connecting two cities served by airports that handle millions of passengers annually; Nashville International Airport, which opened in 1937 and currently serves approximately 18,990,858 passengers yearly.
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 Orlando (MCO) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1173 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.73%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.1/100 (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 Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Orlando (MCO) to Nashville (BNA) heads north-west for about 993 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 40m.
Departures from Orlando on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 37% of MCO-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,173 tracked MCO-BNA flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 2.7% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about MCO-BNA
On the Orlando (MCO) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 1173 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Orlando-Nashville is 2.73% across 1173 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 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.
