Nashville (BNA) – Washington (BWI)
- Distance
- 945 km
- 587 mi · 510 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 40 min / 1 h 52 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → BWI / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 119 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (70 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 384,747
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.9%
- Flights / week
- 69
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 67%
- 574,196 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- WN, NK
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 BNA
- 66°
- Heading from BWI
- 252°
- Halfway point
- 37.76, -81.78
- Great-circle km
- 944 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → BWI
- 1 h 20 min
- In the air BWI → BNA
- 1 h 31 min
- Clocks
- Washington is 1 h ahead of Nashville
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 35,176 |
| Sep 2025 | 35,425 |
| Oct 2025 | 40,573 |
| Nov 2025 | 29,727 |
| Dec 2025 | 26,657 |
| Jan 2026 | 19,984 |
| Feb 2026 | 20,297 |
| Mar 2026 | 31,460 |
| Apr 2026 | 34,626 |
| May 2026 | 39,656 |
| Jun 2026 | 36,068 |
| Jul 2026 | 35,098 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 340 |
| Sep 2025 | 333 |
| Oct 2025 | 338 |
| Nov 2025 | 293 |
| Dec 2025 | 260 |
| Jan 2026 | 240 |
| Feb 2026 | 252 |
| Mar 2026 | 294 |
| Apr 2026 | 312 |
| May 2026 | 330 |
| Jun 2026 | 290 |
| Jul 2026 | 294 |
Airlines flying BNA–BWI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 67 | 97% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 2.0 | 3% |
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
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,461 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,174 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 833 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 81 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 24 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1 flight
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1 flight
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 1 flight
Also carried: 253 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.8%
- Flights counted
- 3,625
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78.8% | 12 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 79% | 12 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 33% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 16% · weather 3% · security 1%.
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
- $289
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $242
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 90% of passengers · $296
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 5% of passengers · $211
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $237 · Q3 2025 $218 · Q4 2025 $239 · Q1 2026 $289).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $295, likely $255–$336
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 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.4%). 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 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 944 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.
Every airport pair between Nashville and Washington
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Washington airports