Nashville (BNA) – Los Angeles (LAX)
- Distance
- 2,893 km
- 1,797 mi · 1,562 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 25 min / 3 h 54 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → LAX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 363 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (215 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 640,345
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +13.6%
- Flights / week
- 89
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 804,406 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- DL, WN, AA
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
- 275°
- Heading from LAX
- 76°
- Halfway point
- 36.09, -102.76
- Great-circle km
- 2,886 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → LAX
- 3 h 59 min
- In the air LAX → BNA
- 3 h 30 min
- Clocks
- Los Angeles is 2 h behind Nashville
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 51,632 |
| Sep 2025 | 51,472 |
| Oct 2025 | 61,255 |
| Nov 2025 | 49,118 |
| Dec 2025 | 54,511 |
| Jan 2026 | 37,244 |
| Feb 2026 | 35,317 |
| Mar 2026 | 53,162 |
| Apr 2026 | 52,597 |
| May 2026 | 63,671 |
| Jun 2026 | 70,402 |
| Jul 2026 | 59,964 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 374 |
| Sep 2025 | 377 |
| Oct 2025 | 418 |
| Nov 2025 | 351 |
| Dec 2025 | 391 |
| Jan 2026 | 309 |
| Feb 2026 | 306 |
| Mar 2026 | 393 |
| Apr 2026 | 403 |
| May 2026 | 431 |
| Jun 2026 | 463 |
| Jul 2026 | 410 |
Airlines flying BNA–LAX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 35 | 40% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 35 | 39% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 17 | 19% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 2.2 | 2% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 0.3 | 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
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,653 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,444 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,088 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 164 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 135 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 87 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 22 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 13 flights
Also carried: 884 tonnes of freight and 2 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 4,649
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 73.6% | 12 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 85.1% | 10 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 74.3% | 25 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 84.4% | 19 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 42% · aircraft arriving late 41% · air traffic system 16% · weather 1% · 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
- $390
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $307
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 46% of passengers · $444
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 30% of passengers · $318
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $306 · Q3 2025 $261 · Q4 2025 $298 · Q1 2026 $390).
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: 2,886 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.