The flight time from New York to Nashville is 2 hours, 23 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LGA New York, NY 3 minutes early.
20 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 53 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BNA Nashville, TN 13 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
92%
Southwest
84%
Delta
83%
American
83%
JetBlue
81%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to Nashville is 2 hours, 23 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 53 minutes.

The flight distance from New York to Nashville is 764 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Nashville to New York
2 hours, 13 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
2h 11m
Southwest
2h 18m
JetBlue
2h 24m
American
2h 25m
Delta
2h 27m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

86

Distance

764 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
30
Delta
30
American
19
JetBlue
3
Spirit
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from Nashville by plane?

The distance from New York to Nashville by plane is 764 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from New York to Nashville?

The flight time from New York to Nashville is 2 hours, 23 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 53 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 2 hours, 11 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 2 hours, 27 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to Nashville?

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

Does Southwest fly from New York to Nashville?

Yes! Southwest does fly from New York (LGA) to Nashville (BNA). On average, they have 30 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 New York 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 20 minutes
In the Air 113 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Nashville 13 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 New York to Nashville, Delta is 83% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 83% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 92% 7% 1%
Southwest 84% 14% 2%
Delta 83% 13% 4%
American 83% 15% 2%
JetBlue 81% 18% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York and Nashville, 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)
Spirit 13 110 6 131
Southwest 19 112 5 138
JetBlue 20 112 9 144
American 20 115 7 145
Delta 22 114 8 147

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 0.21
7pm 0.83
6pm 0.99
5pm 1.15
4pm 0.86
8pm 0.62
6am 0.88
3pm 0.34
12pm 0.54
10am 0.78
2pm 1.04
11am 0.36
9pm 0.35
9am 1.17
1pm 0.85
7am 0.99

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York to Nashville 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 327
February 312
March 327
April 389
May 399
June 381
July 404
August 380
September 393
October 428
November 388
December 361

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York to Nashville 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 13.29
Tuesday 13.48
Wednesday 13.63
Thursday 13.23
Friday 13.31
Saturday 7.63
Sunday 11.75

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
Delta 1
American 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 18 113 7 141
7pm 22 115 8 149
6pm 20 112 6 142
5pm 22 115 8 147
4pm 21 113 6 144
8pm 25 114 8 152
6am 18 113 8 140
3pm 19 115 7 145
12pm 19 116 8 144
10am 22 114 8 145
2pm 21 113 7 143
11am 18 116 8 145
9pm 16 111 5 135
9am 21 113 5 142
1pm 19 114 6 141
7am 17 111 6 136
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.