Nashville (BNA) – Seattle (SEA)
- Distance
- 3,183 km
- 1,978 mi · 1,719 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 3 min / 4 h 18 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → SEA / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 399 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (236 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 401,506
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +2.8%
- Flights / week
- 56
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 484,010 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AS, DL, 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
- 304°
- Heading from SEA
- 100°
- Halfway point
- 43.18, -102.87
- Great-circle km
- 3,176 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → SEA
- 4 h 32 min
- In the air SEA → BNA
- 3 h 48 min
- Clocks
- Seattle is 2 h behind Nashville
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 48,323 |
| Sep 2025 | 37,971 |
| Oct 2025 | 31,422 |
| Nov 2025 | 23,356 |
| Dec 2025 | 25,121 |
| Jan 2026 | 19,505 |
| Feb 2026 | 19,655 |
| Mar 2026 | 25,358 |
| Apr 2026 | 30,481 |
| May 2026 | 37,053 |
| Jun 2026 | 49,580 |
| Jul 2026 | 53,681 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 349 |
| Sep 2025 | 269 |
| Oct 2025 | 229 |
| Nov 2025 | 178 |
| Dec 2025 | 179 |
| Jan 2026 | 151 |
| Feb 2026 | 152 |
| Mar 2026 | 181 |
| Apr 2026 | 237 |
| May 2026 | 282 |
| Jun 2026 | 352 |
| Jul 2026 | 371 |
Airlines flying BNA–SEA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 32 | 61% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 20 | 29% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 4.7 | 10% |
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 737-800 · 813 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 755 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 713 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 475 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 154 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 9 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 4 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 3 flights
Also carried: 224 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.1%
- Flights counted
- 2,952
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 74.8% | 13 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 81.8% | 13 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 53.1% | 23 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 41% · aircraft arriving late 31% · air traffic system 24% · weather 4% · 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
- $293
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $289
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 58% of passengers · $291
- Lowest-fare airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 29% of passengers · $288
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $279 · Q4 2025 $300 · Q1 2026 $293).
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: 3,176 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.
Every airport pair between Nashville and Seattle
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Seattle airports
More routes from BNA
More routes from SEA
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| SEA → DEN | 1,648 km | 1,819,437 |
| SEA → PHX | 1,781 km | 1,813,338 |
| SEA → LAX | 1,535 km | 1,810,795 |
| SEA → ANC | 2,331 km | 1,694,688 |
| SEA → SFO | 1,092 km | 1,628,228 |
| SEA → ORD | 2,769 km | 1,622,991 |
| SEA → LAS | 1,394 km | 1,596,435 |
| SEA → DFW | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| SEA → SAN | 1,690 km | 1,233,726 |
| SEA → SLC | 1,108 km | 1,106,553 |