The flight time from Nashville to Austin is 2 hours, 14 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BNA Nashville, TN 1 minute early.
13 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 53 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives AUS Austin, TX 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
86%
American
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Nashville to Austin is 2 hours, 14 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 53 minutes.

The flight distance from Nashville to Austin is 756 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Austin to Nashville
1 hour, 56 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
2h 11m
American
2h 20m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

51

Distance

756 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
36
American
15

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Nashville from Austin by plane?

The distance from Nashville to Austin by plane is 756 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Nashville to Austin?

The flight time from Nashville to Austin is 2 hours, 14 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 53 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 2 hours, 11 minutes, and American the slowest taking 2 hours, 20 minutes.

What airlines fly from Nashville to Austin?

Southwest and American are the airlines with direct flights from Nashville to Austin.

Does Southwest fly from Nashville to Austin?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Nashville (BNA) to Austin (AUS). On average, they have 36 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 Nashville 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 113 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Austin 4 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 Nashville to Austin, Southwest is 86% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 86% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 86% 13% 1%
American 80% 18% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Nashville and Austin, 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 13 112 5 131
American 14 115 7 140

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
9am 0.08
12pm 0.65
7pm 0.18
7am 0.48
5am 0.55
9pm 0.52
6pm 0.25
8am 0.65
1pm 0.43
4pm 0.28
11am 0.4
5pm 0.67
3pm 0.42
10am 0.01
8pm 0.07
6am 1.13
10pm 0.33
2pm 0.17

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Austin 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 239
February 202
March 215
April 205
May 208
June 211
July 198
August 205
September 242
October 261
November 249
December 251

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Austin 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 7.85
Tuesday 7.67
Wednesday 7.73
Thursday 7.77
Friday 7.87
Saturday 5.06
Sunday 7.71

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
American 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)
9am 13 115 5 135
12pm 13 113 6 135
7pm 13 109 5 129
7am 14 117 5 137
5am 11 109 5 127
9pm 12 111 5 130
6pm 15 114 6 139
8am 14 113 5 133
1pm 12 109 5 129
4pm 13 112 7 134
11am 13 116 7 139
5pm 13 115 5 134
3pm 12 117 5 137
10am 13 116 5 135
8pm 11 107 6 125
6am 14 114 6 138
10pm 12 107 5 128
2pm 12 115 5 136
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.