Flights Washington → Nashville
IAD → BNA
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Nashville boasts a high on-time performance rate of 91%, with an average delay of just 5.4 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1937, serves over 18.9 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the region.
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 Washington (IAD) → Nashville (BNA) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 321 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.87%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.7/100 (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 Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Nashville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (IAD) to Nashville (BNA) heads west for about 871 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 31m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 36% of IAD-BNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Nashville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 321 tracked IAD-BNA flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAD-BNA
On the Washington (IAD) -> Nashville (BNA) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 321 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Nashville is 1.87% across 321 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
