Nashville (BNA) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 658 km
- 409 mi · 356 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 58 min / 1 h 42 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → ORD / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 83 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (49 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 798,414
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.0%
- Flights / week
- 190
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 1,041,433 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 8
- UA, OO, MQ
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
- 351°
- Heading from ORD
- 170°
- Halfway point
- 39.05, -87.27
- Great-circle km
- 659 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → ORD
- 1 h 17 min
- In the air ORD → BNA
- 1 h 3 min
- 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.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 73,931 |
| Sep 2025 | 77,760 |
| Oct 2025 | 89,602 |
| Nov 2025 | 62,989 |
| Dec 2025 | 55,032 |
| Jan 2026 | 43,485 |
| Feb 2026 | 50,527 |
| Mar 2026 | 65,685 |
| Apr 2026 | 70,451 |
| May 2026 | 76,163 |
| Jun 2026 | 66,435 |
| Jul 2026 | 66,354 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 808 |
| Sep 2025 | 800 |
| Oct 2025 | 963 |
| Nov 2025 | 825 |
| Dec 2025 | 734 |
| Jan 2026 | 622 |
| Feb 2026 | 666 |
| Mar 2026 | 844 |
| Apr 2026 | 997 |
| May 2026 | 985 |
| Jun 2026 | 813 |
| Jul 2026 | 821 |
Airlines flying BNA–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 54 | 39% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 56 | 20% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 32 | 12% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 21 | 9% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 12 | 9% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 12 | 8% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 2.4 | 2% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 0.8 | 1% |
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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 3,241 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1,608 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 880 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 879 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 778 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 759 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 583 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 573 flights
Also carried: 72 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 70.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 26 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.7%
- Flights counted
- 10,055
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 64.6% | 34 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 71.8% | 25 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 74.8% | 20 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 75% | 18 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 69.5% | 36 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76.8% | 15 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 74.2% | 21 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 71.8% | 13 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 33% · aircraft arriving late 33% · air traffic system 26% · weather 8% · 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
- $240
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $195
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 53% of passengers · $248
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 11% of passengers · $195
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $189 · Q3 2025 $168 · Q4 2025 $199 · Q1 2026 $240).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $245, likely $212–$279
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 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 4% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 659 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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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |