Nashville (BNA) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 2,331 km
- 1,448 mi · 1,258 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 44 min / 3 h 12 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / 2 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 292 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (173 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 680,216
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +9.7%
- Flights / week
- 91
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 801,505 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- 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
- 270°
- Heading from PHX
- 75°
- Halfway point
- 35.45, -99.55
- Great-circle km
- 2,326 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → PHX
- 3 h 21 min
- In the air PHX → BNA
- 2 h 51 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, 2 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 45,599 |
| Sep 2025 | 48,225 |
| Oct 2025 | 65,092 |
| Nov 2025 | 53,534 |
| Dec 2025 | 55,898 |
| Jan 2026 | 48,093 |
| Feb 2026 | 52,416 |
| Mar 2026 | 68,321 |
| Apr 2026 | 61,387 |
| May 2026 | 62,856 |
| Jun 2026 | 61,867 |
| Jul 2026 | 56,928 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 355 |
| Sep 2025 | 336 |
| Oct 2025 | 466 |
| Nov 2025 | 371 |
| Dec 2025 | 381 |
| Jan 2026 | 340 |
| Feb 2026 | 359 |
| Mar 2026 | 460 |
| Apr 2026 | 440 |
| May 2026 | 422 |
| Jun 2026 | 400 |
| Jul 2026 | 380 |
Airlines flying BNA–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 68 | 75% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 23 | 25% |
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 · 2,074 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,614 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 504 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 251 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 188 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 51 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 16 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 6 flights
Also carried: 361 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.8%
- Flights counted
- 4,730
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 75.5% | 13 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 75.6% | 22 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 51% · 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
- $296
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $275
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 67% of passengers · $288
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 67% of passengers · $288
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $285 · Q3 2025 $249 · Q4 2025 $267 · Q1 2026 $296).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $302, likely $261–$345
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 8.5%). 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: 2,326 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.