The flight time from Nashville to Denver is 2 hours, 48 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BNA Nashville, TN 1 minute early.
15 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 24 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives DEN Denver, CO 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
85%
United
85%
Frontier
77%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Nashville to Denver is 2 hours, 48 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 24 minutes.

The flight distance from Nashville to Denver is 1014 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Denver to Nashville
2 hours, 26 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
2h 45m
United
2h 53m
Frontier
2h 56m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

77

Distance

1014 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
46
United
24
Frontier
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Nashville from Denver by plane?

The distance from Nashville to Denver 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 Nashville to Denver?

The flight time from Nashville to Denver is 2 hours, 48 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 24 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 2 hours, 45 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 2 hours, 56 minutes.

What airlines fly from Nashville to Denver?

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

Does Southwest fly from Nashville to Denver?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Nashville (BNA) to Denver (DEN). On average, they have 46 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 144 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Denver 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 Nashville to Denver, Southwest is 85% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 85% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 85% 14% 1%
United 85% 14% 1%
Frontier 77% 22% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Nashville and Denver, 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 13 144 6 165
United 17 145 9 173
Frontier 16 143 13 176

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
9pm 0.47
11am 0.43
7am 0.91
12pm 0.56
8am 1.01
7pm 0.4
5pm 1.28
6pm 0.58
2pm 1.1
9am 0.28
6am 0.4
10am 0.95
8pm 0.37
3pm 0.56
4pm 0.42
1pm 0.38
5am 0.53
10pm 0.33

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Denver 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 309
February 278
March 361
April 348
May 366
June 352
July 363
August 337
September 335
October 355
November 331
December 313

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Denver 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 12.52
Tuesday 9.94
Wednesday 10.4
Thursday 12.37
Friday 12.35
Saturday 8.31
Sunday 11.96

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 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)
9pm 13 145 7 165
11am 13 141 7 164
7am 16 144 7 168
12pm 14 140 7 163
8am 16 146 8 174
7pm 14 145 7 168
5pm 16 146 9 172
6pm 14 143 8 167
2pm 15 145 8 171
9am 13 146 7 166
6am 13 145 7 166
10am 16 143 8 168
8pm 14 145 7 169
3pm 13 146 6 166
4pm 15 147 8 174
1pm 12 142 6 162
5am 13 143 6 165
10pm 12 143 6 162
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.