BNA to MEM flight delays
Nashville, TN (BNA) Memphis, TN (MEM) · 200 miles
484 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
70.54%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.41%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
50 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 41.3 points more punctual than in July — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Only Southwest Airlines 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 — 484 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 Memphis run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on BNA to MEM. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in July.
Every airline on BNA to MEM
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 | 484 | 70.54% | 0.41% | 50 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MEM to BNA Memphis back to Nashville 74.84% on time COther routes from Nashville
Common questions
Are flights from Nashville to Memphis usually delayed?
70.54% of flights on the BNA to MEM 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 Memphis?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 484 flights and 70.54% arriving on time.
How often are BNA to MEM flights cancelled?
0.41% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 4 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Nashville to Memphis?
February, when 92.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 51.6%.
When BNA to MEM flights are late, how late are they?
About 50 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 MEM during January 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 →