The flight time from Phoenix to Nashville is 3 hours, 7 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves PHX Phoenix, AZ 1 minute late.
12 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 48 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BNA Nashville, TN 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Frontier
91%
Southwest
87%
American
84%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Phoenix to Nashville is 3 hours, 7 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 48 minutes.

The flight distance from Phoenix to Nashville is 1449 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Nashville to Phoenix
3 hours, 42 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
3h 5m
Frontier
3h 14m
American
3h 14m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

39

Distance

1449 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
29
American
7
Frontier
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Phoenix from Nashville by plane?

The distance from Phoenix to Nashville by plane is 1449 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Phoenix to Nashville?

The flight time from Phoenix to Nashville is 3 hours, 7 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 48 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 3 hours, 5 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 3 hours, 14 minutes.

What airlines fly from Phoenix to Nashville?

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

Does Southwest fly from Phoenix to Nashville?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Nashville (BNA). On average, they have 29 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 Phoenix 1 minute late
Taxi Out Time 12 minutes
In the Air 168 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Nashville 5 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 Phoenix to Nashville, Southwest is 87% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 87% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Frontier 91% 8% 1%
Southwest 87% 13% 0%
American 84% 15% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Phoenix 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)
Southwest 11 168 5 185
Frontier 14 168 9 194
American 16 169 7 194

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
3pm 0.44
12pm 0.32
9pm 0.01
4pm 0.54
11am 0.14
9am 0.29
5am 0.83
10am 0.11
8pm 0.48
2pm 0.17
7am 0.23
8am 0.67
7pm 0.35
1pm 0.35
5pm 0.15
6am 0.35
6pm 0.22

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Phoenix 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 159
February 146
March 163
April 160
May 161
June 159
July 177
August 170
September 185
October 205
November 190
December 196

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Phoenix 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 5.83
Tuesday 5.42
Wednesday 5.31
Thursday 5.81
Friday 5.77
Saturday 5.56
Sunday 6.13

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
American 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)
3pm 10 167 6 185
12pm 14 171 6 192
9pm 14 162 4 181
4pm 12 171 7 193
11am 14 165 6 186
9am 17 168 7 195
5am 11 166 6 185
10am 16 162 6 186
8pm 10 169 5 185
2pm 11 172 7 192
7am 12 168 7 190
8am 14 166 6 189
7pm 10 166 5 181
1pm 13 168 6 188
5pm 10 165 6 181
6am 13 169 7 190
6pm 10 168 5 184
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.