LAX to BNA flight delays
Los Angeles, CA (LAX) Nashville, TN (BNA) · 1,798 miles
232 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
79.13%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
60 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. BNA to LAX arrives on time 14 points less 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 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.
The Los Angeles to Nashville route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Every airline on LAX to BNA
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 | 70.79% | 0% | 29 min | — |
| Delta Air Lines | 83 | 87.95% | 0% | 49 min | — |
| American Airlines | 59 | 79.31% | 0% | 137 min | — |
The return leg
BNA to LAX Nashville back to Los Angeles 65.09% on time DOther routes from Los Angeles
Common questions
Are flights from Los Angeles to Nashville usually delayed?
79.13% of flights on the LAX to BNA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
How often are LAX to BNA flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When LAX to BNA flights are late, how late are they?
About 60 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 LAX to BNA 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 →