Flights Tampa → Nashville
TPA → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Nashville operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 72%, with an average delay of 13.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 622 flights, serving Nashville International 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 Tampa (TPA) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 804 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.86%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.4/100 (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 Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Nashville (BNA) heads north for about 986 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 39m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 39% of TPA-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 804 tracked TPA-BNA flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.9% 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 TPA-BNA
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 804 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Nashville is 2.86% across 804 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.
