The flight time from Denver to Nashville is 2 hours, 25 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DEN Denver, CO on time.
14 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 2 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BNA Nashville, TN 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
85%
Frontier
84%
Southwest
78%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Denver to Nashville is 2 hours, 25 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 2 minutes.

The flight distance from Denver to Nashville is 1014 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Nashville to Denver
2 hours, 48 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
2h 22m
United
2h 29m
Frontier
2h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h2h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

79

Distance

1014 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
47
United
26
Frontier
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Denver from Nashville by plane?

The distance from Denver to Nashville by plane is 1014 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Denver to Nashville?

The flight time from Denver to Nashville is 2 hours, 25 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 2 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 2 hours, 22 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 2 hours, 30 minutes.

What airlines fly from Denver to Nashville?

United, Frontier, and Southwest are the airlines with direct flights from Denver to Nashville.

Does Southwest fly from Denver to Nashville?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Denver (DEN) to Nashville (BNA). On average, they have 47 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 Denver on time
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 122 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Nashville 3 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 Denver to Nashville, Southwest is 78% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 78% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 85% 14% 1%
Frontier 84% 15% 1%
Southwest 78% 21% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Denver 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 13 122 5 142
United 17 123 7 149
Frontier 16 123 9 150

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
10am 0.79
5pm 0.98
5am 0.62
8am 1.47
3pm 0.58
7am 0.39
1pm 1.32
9pm 0.28
12pm 0.2
8pm 0.61
7pm 0.75
2pm 0.34
11pm 0
11am 0.31
9am 0.8
4pm 0.57
6pm 0.25
6am 0.76
10pm 0.17

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Denver 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 306
February 275
March 347
April 342
May 365
June 352
July 364
August 355
September 337
October 370
November 356
December 363

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Denver 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 12.04
Tuesday 10.92
Wednesday 11.1
Thursday 12.33
Friday 12.29
Saturday 8.81
Sunday 11.98

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
Southwest 1
United 1
Frontier 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)
10am 17 123 6 148
5pm 19 121 7 149
5am 14 122 5 143
8am 15 123 7 146
3pm 12 122 6 141
7am 13 123 6 143
1pm 15 123 7 147
9pm 12 120 5 139
12pm 12 122 6 141
8pm 13 121 5 141
7pm 14 122 5 144
2pm 13 123 6 144
11pm 15 109 36 160
11am 14 121 6 142
9am 17 123 7 149
4pm 13 122 6 143
6pm 16 122 5 146
6am 14 123 6 145
10pm 12 119 4 135
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.