Flights Pensacola → Nashville
PNS → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Pensacola to Nashville has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 5.6 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1937, serves over 18,990,858 passengers annually, indicating its significance as a major transportation hub.
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 Pensacola (PNS) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 271 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.7/100 (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 Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pensacola (PNS) to Nashville (BNA) heads north for about 630 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 12m.
Departures from Pensacola on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of PNS-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 271 tracked PNS-BNA flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.5% 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 PNS-BNA
On the Pensacola (PNS) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 271 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pensacola-Nashville is 1.48% across 271 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.
