Nashville (BNA) – Kansas City (MCI)
- Distance
- 791 km
- 492 mi · 427 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 40 min / 1 h 29 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → MCI / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 99 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (59 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 350,750
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +7.8%
- Flights / week
- 53
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 447,237 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
The way there
- Heading from BNA
- 299°
- Heading from MCI
- 114°
- Halfway point
- 37.78, -90.61
- Great-circle km
- 790 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → MCI
- 1 h 19 min
- In the air MCI → BNA
- 1 h 10 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 29,836 |
| Sep 2025 | 30,230 |
| Oct 2025 | 34,022 |
| Nov 2025 | 29,265 |
| Dec 2025 | 29,745 |
| Jan 2026 | 19,375 |
| Feb 2026 | 22,404 |
| Mar 2026 | 27,306 |
| Apr 2026 | 28,916 |
| May 2026 | 32,585 |
| Jun 2026 | 31,865 |
| Jul 2026 | 35,201 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 231 |
| Sep 2025 | 225 |
| Oct 2025 | 242 |
| Nov 2025 | 230 |
| Dec 2025 | 240 |
| Jan 2026 | 189 |
| Feb 2026 | 198 |
| Mar 2026 | 218 |
| Apr 2026 | 229 |
| May 2026 | 240 |
| Jun 2026 | 235 |
| Jul 2026 | 271 |
Airlines flying BNA–MCI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 53 | 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 · 1,113 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 943 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 685 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 3 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 3 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1 flight
Also carried: 144 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 2,754
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 59% · air traffic system 13% · 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
- $286
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $253
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 92% of passengers · $285
- Lowest-fare airline
- United Air Lines
- 2% of passengers · $239
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $236 · Q3 2025 $235 · Q4 2025 $262 · 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 100% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.6%). 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 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: 790 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.