Nashville (BNA) – New Orleans (MSY)
- Distance
- 758 km
- 471 mi · 409 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 30 min / 1 h 31 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → MSY / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 95 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (56 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 342,958
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.2%
- Flights / week
- 57
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 71%
- 483,373 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- 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
- 207°
- Heading from MSY
- 25°
- Halfway point
- 33.07, -88.53
- Great-circle km
- 759 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → MSY
- 1 h 10 min
- In the air MSY → BNA
- 1 h 12 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 27,465 |
| Sep 2025 | 28,694 |
| Oct 2025 | 41,531 |
| Nov 2025 | 31,779 |
| Dec 2025 | 26,729 |
| Jan 2026 | 21,746 |
| Feb 2026 | 24,340 |
| Mar 2026 | 28,265 |
| Apr 2026 | 28,763 |
| May 2026 | 30,301 |
| Jun 2026 | 27,279 |
| Jul 2026 | 26,066 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 227 |
| Sep 2025 | 239 |
| Oct 2025 | 328 |
| Nov 2025 | 276 |
| Dec 2025 | 252 |
| Jan 2026 | 225 |
| Feb 2026 | 220 |
| Mar 2026 | 238 |
| Apr 2026 | 239 |
| May 2026 | 246 |
| Jun 2026 | 232 |
| Jul 2026 | 237 |
Airlines flying BNA–MSY nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 55 | 97% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 2.1 | 3% |
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 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,086 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,078 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 683 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 49 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 30 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 22 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 10 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1 flight
Also carried: 175 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 2,972
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78.2% | 12 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 73% | 16 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 24% · aircraft arriving late 59% · 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
- $278
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $229
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 92% of passengers · $276
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 92% of passengers · $276
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $211 · Q3 2025 $203 · Q4 2025 $229 · Q1 2026 $278).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $284, likely $245–$324
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 5.7%). 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
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: 759 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.