The flight time from Nashville to Boston is 2 hours, 26 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BNA Nashville, TN 1 minute early.
15 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 3 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BOS Boston, MA 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
85%
Delta
83%
Southwest
80%
JetBlue
71%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Nashville to Boston is 2 hours, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 3 minutes.

The flight distance from Nashville to Boston is 942 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Boston to Nashville
2 hours, 45 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
2h 21m
Spirit
2h 25m
Delta
2h 28m
JetBlue
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

45

Distance

942 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
14
Delta
14
JetBlue
13
Spirit
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Nashville from Boston by plane?

The distance from Nashville to Boston by plane is 942 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 Boston?

The flight time from Nashville to Boston is 2 hours, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 3 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 2 hours, 21 minutes, and JetBlue the slowest taking 2 hours, 30 minutes.

What airlines fly from Nashville to Boston?

Spirit, Southwest, Delta, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from Nashville to Boston.

Does Southwest fly from Nashville to Boston?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Nashville (BNA) to Boston (BOS). On average, they have 14 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 15 minutes
In the Air 123 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Boston 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 Nashville to Boston, Southwest is 80% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 85% 14% 1%
Delta 83% 15% 2%
Southwest 80% 19% 1%
JetBlue 71% 28% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Nashville and Boston, 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 14 121 5 141
Spirit 12 121 9 145
Delta 16 123 8 148
JetBlue 17 124 7 150

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
8am 0.13
1pm 0.46
6am 0.21
6pm 0.72
7pm 1.25
4pm 0.09
7am 0.58
9pm 0.05
9am 0.65
8pm 0.11
10am 1.16
11am 0.24
3pm 0.33
5pm 0.09
12pm 0.15
2pm 0.12

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Boston 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 140
February 129
March 147
April 143
May 207
June 198
July 200
August 199
September 242
October 288
November 228
December 221

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Boston 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 6.54
Tuesday 6.63
Wednesday 6.63
Thursday 6.6
Friday 6.65
Saturday 5.17
Sunday 6.81

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 0
Delta 0
JetBlue 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)
8am 14 124 9 152
1pm 17 124 8 151
6am 20 124 8 151
6pm 16 122 7 146
7pm 15 122 5 143
4pm 17 120 6 144
7am 14 124 8 148
9pm 12 118 4 135
9am 15 125 8 149
8pm 14 119 5 141
10am 15 122 6 145
11am 14 119 6 139
3pm 17 126 8 152
5pm 15 123 6 146
12pm 14 124 9 148
2pm 19 125 9 152
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.