BNA to DTW flight delays
Nashville, TN (BNA) Detroit, MI (DTW) · 456 miles
210 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
71.77%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.48%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
48 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from BNA overall run 9.7 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion BNA has, this route is largely escaping it.
Only Delta Air Lines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 210 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Nashville to Detroit run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on BNA to DTW.
Every airline on BNA to DTW
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 124 | 86.18% | 0.81% | 85 min | B |
| Southwest Airlines | 86 | 51.16% | 0% | 33 min | — |
The return leg
DTW to BNA Detroit back to Nashville 76.7% on time COther routes from Nashville
Common questions
Are flights from Nashville to Detroit usually delayed?
71.77% of flights on the BNA to DTW route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Nashville to Detroit?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 124 flights and 86.18% arriving on time.
How often are BNA to DTW flights cancelled?
0.48% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When BNA to DTW flights are late, how late are they?
About 48 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BNA to DTW during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →