Austin (AUS) – Nashville (BNA)
- Distance
- 1,216 km
- 756 mi · 657 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 5 min / 2 h 18 min
- Average gate to gate: AUS → BNA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 153 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (90 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 571,960
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.3%
- Flights / week
- 115
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 71%
- 806,904 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- WN, OO
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from AUS
- 54°
- Heading from BNA
- 240°
- Halfway point
- 33.28, -92.36
- Great-circle km
- 1,215 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air AUS → BNA
- 1 h 42 min
- In the air BNA → AUS
- 1 h 54 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 43,068 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,628 |
| Oct 2025 | 60,518 |
| Nov 2025 | 47,622 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,977 |
| Jan 2026 | 36,160 |
| Feb 2026 | 38,102 |
| Mar 2026 | 52,253 |
| Apr 2026 | 48,317 |
| May 2026 | 54,655 |
| Jun 2026 | 50,675 |
| Jul 2026 | 47,985 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 473 |
| Sep 2025 | 456 |
| Oct 2025 | 567 |
| Nov 2025 | 484 |
| Dec 2025 | 501 |
| Jan 2026 | 452 |
| Feb 2026 | 450 |
| Mar 2026 | 554 |
| Apr 2026 | 533 |
| May 2026 | 550 |
| Jun 2026 | 492 |
| Jul 2026 | 492 |
Airlines flying AUS–BNA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 77 | 83% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 39 | 17% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,015 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,570 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,252 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,164 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1 flight
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1 flight
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1 flight
Also carried: 159 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 6,029
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 77.4% | 12 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 79.2% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 45% · aircraft arriving late 29% · air traffic system 17% · weather 9% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $219
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $186
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 68% of passengers · $215
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 68% of passengers · $215
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $170 · Q3 2025 $164 · Q4 2025 $196 · Q1 2026 $219).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $224, likely $193–$255
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 100% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 2.2%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,215 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.