Nashville (BNA) – Chicago (MDW)
- Distance
- 635 km
- 395 mi · 343 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 27 min / 1 h 22 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → MDW / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 80 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (47 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 431,226
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.1%
- Flights / week
- 72
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 70%
- 613,084 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
- 352°
- Heading from MDW
- 171°
- Halfway point
- 38.96, -87.19
- Great-circle km
- 636 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → MDW
- 1 h 9 min
- In the air MDW → BNA
- 1 h
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 43,109 |
| Sep 2025 | 41,159 |
| Oct 2025 | 42,661 |
| Nov 2025 | 34,295 |
| Dec 2025 | 32,657 |
| Jan 2026 | 21,671 |
| Feb 2026 | 22,834 |
| Mar 2026 | 36,711 |
| Apr 2026 | 35,827 |
| May 2026 | 39,971 |
| Jun 2026 | 39,015 |
| Jul 2026 | 41,316 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 332 |
| Sep 2025 | 320 |
| Oct 2025 | 340 |
| Nov 2025 | 312 |
| Dec 2025 | 303 |
| Jan 2026 | 250 |
| Feb 2026 | 246 |
| Mar 2026 | 335 |
| Apr 2026 | 329 |
| May 2026 | 343 |
| Jun 2026 | 307 |
| Jul 2026 | 338 |
Airlines flying BNA–MDW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72 | 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 · 1,446 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,246 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,060 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 2 flights
- Boeing 717-200 · 1 flight
Also carried: 329 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.4%
- Flights counted
- 3,763
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 55% · air traffic system 15% · weather 3% · 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
- $229
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $182
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $229
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $229
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $168 · Q3 2025 $164 · Q4 2025 $189 · Q1 2026 $229).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $234, likely $202–$267
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 7.1%). 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: 636 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.
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