Nashville (BNA) – Washington (DCA)
- Distance
- 904 km
- 562 mi · 488 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 48 min / 1 h 59 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → DCA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 113 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (67 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 580,757
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +2.3%
- Flights / week
- 163
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 63%
- 925,905 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- WN, YX, OH
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
- 68°
- Heading from DCA
- 253°
- Halfway point
- 37.59, -81.95
- Great-circle km
- 902 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → DCA
- 1 h 18 min
- In the air DCA → BNA
- 1 h 30 min
- Clocks
- Washington is 1 h ahead of Nashville
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 44,686 |
| Sep 2025 | 43,718 |
| Oct 2025 | 55,203 |
| Nov 2025 | 44,838 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,327 |
| Jan 2026 | 31,161 |
| Feb 2026 | 37,673 |
| Mar 2026 | 55,000 |
| Apr 2026 | 51,670 |
| May 2026 | 58,013 |
| Jun 2026 | 54,888 |
| Jul 2026 | 56,580 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 679 |
| Sep 2025 | 673 |
| Oct 2025 | 774 |
| Nov 2025 | 703 |
| Dec 2025 | 685 |
| Jan 2026 | 667 |
| Feb 2026 | 664 |
| Mar 2026 | 737 |
| Apr 2026 | 737 |
| May 2026 | 751 |
| Jun 2026 | 700 |
| Jul 2026 | 685 |
Airlines flying BNA–DCA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 63 | 57% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 69 | 28% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 14 | 6% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 12 | 6% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 5.2 | 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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 3,840 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,860 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 935 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 600 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 497 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 362 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 359 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 2 flights
Also carried: 53 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.8%
- Flights counted
- 8,710
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 78.8% | 14 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72.7% | 16 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 63.3% | 35 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 70.4% | 24 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 73.6% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 23% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 27% · weather 2% · 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
- $251
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $217
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 44% of passengers · $244
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 44% of passengers · $244
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $205 · Q3 2025 $194 · Q4 2025 $225 · Q1 2026 $251).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $256, likely $222–$292
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 3.2%). 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 902 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
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