Flights St. Louis → Nashville
STL → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Nashville operates with an 80% on-time performance rate, and when delays occur, the average delay is approximately 10.6 minutes. With over three million passengers annually at its destination airport, which opened in 1937, this route serves a significant number of travelers between these two cities.
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 St. Louis (STL) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 424 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.59%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.1/100 (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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Nashville (BNA) heads south-east for about 437 km, a flight time of roughly 58m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of STL-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 424 tracked STL-BNA flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 2.6% 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 STL-BNA
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 424 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Nashville is 2.59% across 424 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.
