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MSP vs BNA - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
MSP

Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Airport B
BNA

Nashville, TN

Nashville, Tennessee

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric MSP BNA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 85.4% 80.8%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 79.5 min 68.0 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 14.6% 19.2%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.79% 1.15%
Total Flights 1,406,487 1,046,597
Delayed Flights 205,954 201,312
Cancelled Flights 11,052 12,024
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

MSP - Minneapolis, MN

Carrier 50.7%
NAS 20.3%
Late Aircraft 18.3%
Weather 10.6%
Security 0.1%

BNA - Nashville, TN

Late Aircraft 45.5%
Carrier 30.2%
NAS 19.7%
Weather 4.5%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from MSP

Route Flights On-Time
DEN → MSP
Minneapolis
32,213 79.9%
MSP → DEN
Denver
32,212 82.4%
MSP → ORD
Chicago
31,635 80.7%
ORD → MSP
Minneapolis
31,628 79.4%
ATL → MSP
Minneapolis
21,418 84.7%
MSP → ATL
Atlanta
21,403 85.6%

Top routes from BNA

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → BNA
Nashville
26,413 79%
BNA → ORD
Chicago
26,402 80.1%
BNA → LGA
New York
23,500 81.4%
LGA → BNA
Nashville
23,495 81.2%
BNA → ATL
Atlanta
22,232 87.9%
ATL → BNA
Nashville
22,217 85.2%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.