Nashville (BNA) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 984 km
- 612 mi · 532 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 46 min / 1 h 55 min
- Average gate to gate: BNA → TPA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 124 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (73 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 555,773
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +19.9%
- Flights / week
- 95
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 687,882 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- WN, 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
- 155°
- Heading from TPA
- 338°
- Halfway point
- 32.07, -84.51
- Great-circle km
- 986 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BNA → TPA
- 1 h 26 min
- In the air TPA → BNA
- 1 h 32 min
- Clocks
- Tampa is 1 h ahead of Nashville
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 43,475 |
| Sep 2025 | 42,433 |
| Oct 2025 | 49,409 |
| Nov 2025 | 43,625 |
| Dec 2025 | 44,079 |
| Jan 2026 | 38,437 |
| Feb 2026 | 42,127 |
| Mar 2026 | 52,067 |
| Apr 2026 | 50,127 |
| May 2026 | 51,134 |
| Jun 2026 | 50,637 |
| Jul 2026 | 48,223 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 404 |
| Sep 2025 | 379 |
| Oct 2025 | 429 |
| Nov 2025 | 390 |
| Dec 2025 | 401 |
| Jan 2026 | 380 |
| Feb 2026 | 371 |
| Mar 2026 | 436 |
| Apr 2026 | 430 |
| May 2026 | 437 |
| Jun 2026 | 428 |
| Jul 2026 | 438 |
Airlines flying BNA–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 67 | 86% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 27 | 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
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,473 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,404 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,071 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 960 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 8 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 4 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 2 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 1 flight
Also carried: 268 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 4,955
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 73.5% | 15 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 77.5% | 15 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 25% · aircraft arriving late 52% · air traffic system 20% · 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
- $217
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $196
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 76% of passengers · $213
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 76% of passengers · $213
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $203 · Q3 2025 $170 · Q4 2025 $196 · Q1 2026 $217).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $222, likely $192–$253
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 6.3%). 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: 986 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.