Nashville (BNA) – Detroit (DTW)
- Distance
- 734 km
- 456 mi · 397 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 36 min / 1 h 38 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → DTW / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 92 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (55 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 560,880
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.8%
- Flights / week
- 93
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 738,311 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- DL, 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
- 22°
- Heading from DTW
- 204°
- Halfway point
- 39.18, -85.09
- Great-circle km
- 735 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → DTW
- 1 h 10 min
- In the air DTW → BNA
- 1 h 13 min
- Clocks
- Detroit is 1 h ahead of Nashville
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 53,831 |
| Sep 2025 | 49,480 |
| Oct 2025 | 54,965 |
| Nov 2025 | 43,837 |
| Dec 2025 | 45,839 |
| Jan 2026 | 29,543 |
| Feb 2026 | 33,088 |
| Mar 2026 | 45,186 |
| Apr 2026 | 46,973 |
| May 2026 | 54,747 |
| Jun 2026 | 52,263 |
| Jul 2026 | 51,128 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 452 |
| Sep 2025 | 427 |
| Oct 2025 | 470 |
| Nov 2025 | 396 |
| Dec 2025 | 407 |
| Jan 2026 | 320 |
| Feb 2026 | 313 |
| Mar 2026 | 394 |
| Apr 2026 | 403 |
| May 2026 | 442 |
| Jun 2026 | 417 |
| Jul 2026 | 417 |
Airlines flying BNA–DTW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 53 | 55% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 33 | 38% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 4.8 | 5% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 1.3 | 1% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 1.1 | 0% |
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
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,101 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 781 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 715 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 529 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 518 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 448 flights
- Boeing 717-200 · 441 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 121 flights
Also carried: 260 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.4%
- Flights counted
- 4,841
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 83.4% | 13 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72% | 13 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 79.3% | 16 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 65% | 20 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 39% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 17% · 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
- $286
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $227
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 69% of passengers · $310
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 27% of passengers · $243
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $221 · Q3 2025 $203 · Q4 2025 $219 · Q1 2026 $286).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $292, likely $253–$333
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.7%). 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: Q3, typically 4% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 735 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.