Nashville (BNA) – Houston (HOU)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,078 km
670 mi · 582 nm
Flight time
2 h 1 min / 1 h 51 min
Average gate to gate: BNA → HOU / back
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
136 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (80 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
451,633
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +2.7%
Flights / week
70
Both directions, average
Seats filled
76%
596,037 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
1
WN

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

Great circle from BNA to HOUBNAHOU
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from BNA
231°
Heading from HOU
46°
Halfway point
32.96, -91.13
Great-circle km
1,078 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air BNA → HOU
1 h 41 min
In the air HOU → BNA
1 h 31 min
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 46,309 passengers
020K40K60KAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul46.3K
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Month Passengers
Aug 202538,190
Sep 202535,156
Oct 202539,763
Nov 202538,710
Dec 202537,970
Jan 202628,247
Feb 202630,491
Mar 202643,088
Apr 202634,601
May 202639,915
Jun 202639,193
Jul 202646,309
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 349 flights
0200400AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul349
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Month Flights
Aug 2025291
Sep 2025275
Oct 2025304
Nov 2025335
Dec 2025325
Jan 2026259
Feb 2026276
Mar 2026333
Apr 2026300
May 2026301
Jun 2026285
Jul 2026349

Airlines flying BNA–HOU nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
WNSouthwest Airlines70
100%

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 B737 Max 800 · 1,456 flights
  • Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,140 flights
  • Boeing 737-800 · 1,036 flights
  • Boeing 717-200 · 1 flight

Also carried: 371 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
76.9%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
12 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
0.6%
Flights counted
3,646
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Delay minutes by cause: airline 37% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 16% · 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
$280
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$243
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
Southwest Airlines
99% of passengers · $279
Lowest-fare airline
Southwest Airlines
99% of passengers · $279

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $222 · Q3 2025 $226 · Q4 2025 $249 · Q1 2026 $280).

Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $286, likely $247–$326

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 2.3%). 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: 1,078 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 Houston

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Houston airports

More routes from BNA

Route Distance Passengers / year
BNA → DEN1,631 km 1,019,102
BNA → ATL344 km 1,013,603
BNA → DFW1,016 km 894,206
BNA → MCO992 km 878,549
BNA → CLT529 km 806,460
BNA → ORD658 km 798,414
BNA → LGA1,230 km 781,506
BNA → PHX2,331 km 680,216
BNA → BOS1,516 km 660,493
BNA → LAX2,893 km 640,345

More routes from HOU

Route Distance Passengers / year
HOU → DAL385 km 802,444
HOU → ATL1,119 km 640,977
HOU → DEN1,421 km 601,837
HOU → PHX1,641 km 556,941
HOU → LAS1,988 km 555,926
HOU → MCO1,366 km 540,502
HOU → MDW1,508 km 505,727
HOU → MSY486 km 435,455
HOU → BWI2,005 km 400,818
HOU → LGA2,298 km 368,879

Questions

Nashville (BNA) and Houston (HOU) are 1,078 km (670 miles, 582 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.