The flight time from Nashville to Los Angeles is 4 hours, 24 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BNA Nashville, TN on time.
14 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 58 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LAX Los Angeles, CA 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
90%
Southwest
81%
Spirit
79%
American
76%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Nashville to Los Angeles is 4 hours, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 58 minutes.

The flight distance from Nashville to Los Angeles is 1797 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Los Angeles to Nashville
3 hours, 50 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
4h 22m
Delta
4h 25m
American
4h 25m
Spirit
4h 26m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

41

Distance

1797 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
16
Southwest
12
American
6
Spirit
5

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Nashville from Los Angeles by plane?

The distance from Nashville to Los Angeles by plane is 1797 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 Los Angeles?

The flight time from Nashville to Los Angeles is 4 hours, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 58 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 4 hours, 22 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 4 hours, 26 minutes.

What airlines fly from Nashville to Los Angeles?

Delta, Southwest, American, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Nashville to Los Angeles.

Does Southwest fly from Nashville to Los Angeles?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Nashville (BNA) to Los Angeles (LAX). On average, they have 12 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 on time
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 238 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles, Southwest is 81% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 81% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 90% 10% 0%
Southwest 81% 19% 0%
Spirit 79% 19% 2%
American 76% 23% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Nashville and Los Angeles, 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 13 239 8 262
Delta 15 237 10 265
American 13 238 9 265
Spirit 14 240 8 266

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
8pm 0.27
5am 0.2
10pm 0.04
1pm 0.11
5pm 0.28
7pm 0.49
12pm 0.12
10am 0.02
6am 1.24
2pm 0.28
4pm 0.14
3pm 0.49
9pm 0.26
11am 0.01
6pm 0.5
8am 0.63
9am 0.12
7am 0.65

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Los Angeles 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 151
February 127
March 165
April 182
May 192
June 191
July 186
August 191
September 181
October 203
November 192
December 192

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Los Angeles 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 5.88
Tuesday 5.52
Wednesday 5.33
Thursday 6.4
Friday 6.48
Saturday 5.21
Sunday 6.58

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
Delta 0
Southwest 0
American 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)
8pm 12 231 8 251
5am 14 239 8 263
10pm 13 236 5 254
1pm 16 245 9 273
5pm 14 245 9 273
7pm 14 241 10 265
12pm 12 256 6 279
10am 14 249 10 272
6am 14 236 10 263
2pm 14 242 9 267
4pm 17 243 9 267
3pm 15 233 10 260
9pm 13 232 9 257
11am 13 243 5 261
6pm 13 243 8 266
8am 14 235 9 261
9am 14 236 8 262
7am 15 245 10 272
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.