The flight time from Chicago to Nashville is 1 hour, 31 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ORD Chicago, IL 2 minutes early.
21 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 1 minute in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BNA Nashville, TN 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
100%
United
84%
Southwest
84%
American
78%
Frontier
66%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Chicago to Nashville is 1 hour, 31 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 1 minute.

The flight distance from Chicago to Nashville is 409 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Nashville to Chicago
1 hour, 46 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 24m
American
1h 31m
United
1h 33m
Frontier
1h 33m
Spirit
1h 45m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

90

Distance

409 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
37
American
34
Southwest
16
Frontier
2
Spirit
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Chicago from Nashville by plane?

The distance from Chicago to Nashville by plane is 409 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Chicago to Nashville?

The flight time from Chicago to Nashville is 1 hour, 31 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 1 minute. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 24 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 1 hour, 45 minutes.

What airlines fly from Chicago to Nashville?

American, Frontier, Southwest, United, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Chicago to Nashville.

Does Southwest fly from Chicago to Nashville?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Chicago (ORD) to Nashville (BNA). On average, they have 16 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Chicago 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 21 minutes
In the Air 61 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Nashville 7 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Chicago to Nashville, Frontier is 66% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 66% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 100% 0% 0%
United 84% 15% 1%
Southwest 84% 15% 1%
American 78% 21% 1%
Frontier 66% 32% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago and Nashville, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Southwest 17 60 5 84
American 20 61 8 91
United 22 62 8 93
Frontier 21 61 9 93
Spirit 27 71 7 105

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
7am 1.13
9pm 0.67
5am 0.3
4pm 0.31
10am 1.85
5pm 1.39
6am 0.07
9am 0.07
8am 0.97
3pm 0.8
7pm 0.46
6pm 1.11
2pm 1.25
11pm 0.01
11am 0.39
1pm 1.11
8pm 0.34
12pm 0.51

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Nashville that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 376
February 349
March 387
April 397
May 419
June 391
July 380
August 420
September 409
October 419
November 400
December 364

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Nashville that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 13.71
Tuesday 12.96
Wednesday 12.58
Thursday 13.56
Friday 13.6
Saturday 11.12
Sunday 13.08

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
United 1
American 1
Southwest 0
Frontier 0
Spirit 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
7am 22 62 7 92
9pm 20 61 7 90
5am 13 60 5 80
4pm 19 61 9 91
10am 21 61 7 89
5pm 21 62 8 94
6am 17 60 9 91
9am 19 61 5 87
8am 21 61 7 92
3pm 17 62 9 90
7pm 23 61 8 93
6pm 25 61 7 94
2pm 24 61 7 94
11pm 23 60 7 90
11am 16 60 6 83
1pm 18 61 8 88
8pm 24 62 8 97
12pm 19 62 8 90
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.