Nashville (BNA) – Raleigh (RDU)
- Distance
- 712 km
- 442 mi · 384 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 33 min / 1 h 40 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → RDU / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 89 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (53 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 418,044
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +7.8%
- Flights / week
- 108
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 65%
- 639,702 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, YX, 9E
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
- 90°
- Heading from RDU
- 275°
- Halfway point
- 36.07, -82.73
- Great-circle km
- 710 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → RDU
- 1 h 8 min
- In the air RDU → BNA
- 1 h 16 min
- Clocks
- Raleigh is 1 h ahead of Nashville
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 | 34,850 |
| Sep 2025 | 34,705 |
| Oct 2025 | 39,906 |
| Nov 2025 | 34,316 |
| Dec 2025 | 35,745 |
| Jan 2026 | 23,327 |
| Feb 2026 | 27,291 |
| Mar 2026 | 37,874 |
| Apr 2026 | 37,495 |
| May 2026 | 39,955 |
| Jun 2026 | 36,766 |
| Jul 2026 | 35,814 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 433 |
| Sep 2025 | 478 |
| Oct 2025 | 503 |
| Nov 2025 | 474 |
| Dec 2025 | 468 |
| Jan 2026 | 406 |
| Feb 2026 | 428 |
| Mar 2026 | 518 |
| Apr 2026 | 496 |
| May 2026 | 493 |
| Jun 2026 | 441 |
| Jul 2026 | 454 |
Airlines flying BNA–RDU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 48 | 67% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 36 | 19% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 24 | 14% |
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 · 1,859 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 1,234 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 924 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 858 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 713 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 2 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 1 flight
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 1 flight
Also carried: 165 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.6%
- Flights counted
- 4,428
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78.3% | 12 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 78.4% | 15 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 24% · aircraft arriving late 62% · air traffic system 12% · weather 2% · 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
- $213
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 45% of passengers · $233
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 45% of passengers · $233
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $204 · Q3 2025 $196 · Q4 2025 $216 · 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 90% 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 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 710 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.