Flights Raleigh-durham → Nashville
RDU → BNA
How long is the flight from Raleigh-durham to Nashville?
The flight from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to Nashville (BNA) takes 1h 7m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Raleigh-Durham to Nashville operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, and flights typically experience a mean delay of 10.1 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 728 total flights using Boeing 737-300 aircraft, serving the destination airport which opened in 1937 and currently handles approximately 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 Raleigh-durham (RDU) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 1676 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.13%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Nashville the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to Nashville (BNA) heads west for about 710 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 7m.
Departures from Raleigh-durham on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 39% of RDU-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,676 tracked RDU-BNA flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about RDU-BNA
The flight from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to Nashville (BNA) takes 1h 7m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Raleigh-durham (RDU) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 1676 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Raleigh-durham-Nashville is 1.13% across 1676 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.
