The flight time from Nashville to Raleigh Durham is 1 hour, 27 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BNA Nashville, TN 2 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 7 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives RDU Raleigh Durham, NC 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
88%
Delta
86%
Southwest
84%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Nashville to Raleigh Durham is 1 hour, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 7 minutes.

The flight distance from Nashville to Raleigh Durham is 442 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Raleigh Durham to Nashville
1 hour, 34 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 23m
American
1h 30m
Delta
1h 30m
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

40

Distance

442 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
20
American
13
Delta
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Nashville from Raleigh Durham by plane?

The distance from Nashville to Raleigh Durham by plane is 442 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 Raleigh Durham?

The flight time from Nashville to Raleigh Durham is 1 hour, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 7 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 23 minutes, and American the slowest taking 1 hour, 30 minutes.

What airlines fly from Nashville to Raleigh Durham?

Southwest, Delta, and American are the airlines with direct flights from Nashville to Raleigh Durham.

Does Southwest fly from Nashville to Raleigh Durham?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Nashville (BNA) to Raleigh Durham (RDU). On average, they have 20 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 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 67 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Raleigh Durham 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 Raleigh Durham, Southwest is 84% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 84% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 88% 12% 0%
Delta 86% 14% 0%
Southwest 84% 15% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Nashville and Raleigh Durham, 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 66 4 83
American 14 68 6 90
Delta 16 68 5 90

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 0.29
9pm 0.01
11am 0.08
3pm 0.61
8pm 0.32
1pm 0.09
7pm 0.47
10am 0.83
4pm 0.48
10pm 0.01
6am 0.01
2pm 0.59
5pm 0.89
8am 0.39
9am 0.17
12pm 0.48

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Raleigh Durham 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 148
February 135
March 147
April 142
May 151
June 192
July 200
August 201
September 199
October 212
November 190
December 182

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Nashville to Raleigh Durham 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
Tuesday 6.04
Wednesday 6.02
Thursday 6.02
Friday 5.96
Saturday 4.52
Sunday 5.81

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
American 0
Delta 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 13 65 4 84
9pm 11 65 3 81
11am 12 66 3 81
3pm 12 66 3 82
8pm 13 65 4 82
1pm 12 65 5 83
7pm 13 66 3 83
10am 14 66 3 85
4pm 15 69 6 92
10pm 11 62 6 87
6am 14 62 2 78
2pm 13 68 6 87
5pm 16 67 5 90
8am 15 68 5 90
9am 15 67 5 87
12pm 14 69 6 91
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.