MSY to BNA flight delays
New Orleans, LA (MSY) Nashville, TN (BNA) · 471 miles
116 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
60.34%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
59 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
25 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This is a late route. Flights from New Orleans to Nashville miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
This route does worse than its own airport. MSY as a whole runs 9.3 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on MSY to BNA.
Every airline on MSY 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 | 116 | 60.34% | 0% | 59 min | D |
The return leg
BNA to MSY Nashville back to New Orleans 62.93% on time DOther routes from New Orleans
Common questions
Are flights from New Orleans to Nashville usually delayed?
60.34% of flights on the MSY to BNA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from New Orleans to Nashville?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 116 flights and 60.34% arriving on time.
How often are MSY to BNA flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When MSY to BNA flights are late, how late are they?
About 59 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 MSY 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 →