The flight time from Nashville to Chicago is 1 hour, 46 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BNA Nashville, TN 4 minutes early.
17 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 14 minutes in the air
13 minutes taxiing in
Arrives ORD Chicago, IL 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
86%
Southwest
83%
American
79%
Frontier
62%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Nashville to Chicago is 1 hour, 46 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 14 minutes.

The flight distance from Nashville to Chicago is 409 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Chicago to Nashville
1 hour, 31 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 39m
American
1h 44m
Frontier
1h 49m
United
1h 50m
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

89

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
15
Frontier
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Nashville from Chicago by plane?

The distance from Nashville to Chicago 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 Nashville to Chicago?

The flight time from Nashville to Chicago is 1 hour, 46 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 14 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 39 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 50 minutes.

What airlines fly from Nashville to Chicago?

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

Does Southwest fly from Nashville to Chicago?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Nashville (BNA) to Chicago (ORD). On average, they have 15 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 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 74 minutes
Taxiing In 13 minutes
Arrives Chicago 6 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 Chicago, Southwest is 83% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 83% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 86% 13% 1%
Southwest 83% 15% 2%
American 79% 20% 1%
Frontier 62% 36% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Nashville and Chicago, 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 72 11 99
American 16 73 12 104
Frontier 17 71 18 109
United 19 75 14 110

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
6pm 0.08
7am 1.11
1pm 0.2
10am 1.84
8pm 0.28
6am 1.24
3pm 1.42
8am 0.36
5am 0.95
4pm 1
5pm 0.91
9am 0.43
7pm 0.11
12pm 1.91
10pm 0.01
2pm 0.19
11am 0.54

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Chicago 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 347
March 376
April 386
May 407
June 390
July 380
August 416
September 409
October 417
November 400
December 362

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Chicago 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 13.56
Tuesday 12.65
Wednesday 12.31
Thursday 13.56
Friday 13.54
Saturday 10.94
Sunday 13.17

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

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)
6pm 18 73 16 109
7am 19 74 15 111
1pm 18 73 15 107
10am 17 74 11 103
8pm 12 68 11 92
6am 20 75 12 109
3pm 17 74 14 107
8am 17 74 15 108
5am 17 73 11 102
4pm 19 75 19 117
5pm 17 74 18 113
9am 15 72 11 100
7pm 14 70 11 96
12pm 16 73 13 104
10pm 16 71 9 96
2pm 13 74 12 101
11am 14 73 11 99
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.