BNA to LAX flight delays
Nashville, TN (BNA) Los Angeles, CA (LAX) · 1,798 miles
232 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
65.09%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
56 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
21 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. LAX to BNA arrives on time 14 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This is a late route. Flights from Nashville to Los Angeles miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
This is a thin route — 232 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.
Every airline on BNA to LAX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 90 | 44.44% | 0% | 39 min | — |
| Delta Air Lines | 83 | 83.13% | 0% | 36 min | — |
| American Airlines | 59 | 71.19% | 0% | 123 min | — |
The return leg
LAX to BNA Los Angeles back to Nashville 79.13% on time BOther routes from Nashville
Common questions
Are flights from Nashville to Los Angeles usually delayed?
65.09% of flights on the BNA to LAX 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.
How often are BNA to LAX flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When BNA to LAX flights are late, how late are they?
About 56 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 LAX 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 →