SFO to BNA flight delays
San Francisco, CA (SFO) Nashville, TN (BNA) · 1,969 miles
107 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
59.81%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
66 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
28 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This is a late route. Flights from San Francisco to Nashville miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
The two directions do not behave alike. BNA to SFO arrives on time 13.1 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.
Every airline on SFO 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 77 | 71.43% | 0% | 77 min | — |
| Southwest Airlines | 30 | 30% | 0% | 56 min | — |
The return leg
BNA to SFO Nashville back to San Francisco 46.67% on time FOther routes from San Francisco
Common questions
Are flights from San Francisco to Nashville usually delayed?
59.81% of flights on the SFO 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.
How often are SFO to BNA flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When SFO to BNA flights are late, how late are they?
About 66 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 SFO 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 →