Nashville International
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Nashville International is a public-use airport, 5 miles southeast of Nashville, Tennessee, 599 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 11,030 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BNA · ICAO KBNA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 599 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1937
Runways 4
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 11,030 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02C/20C | 8,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02R/20L | 8,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02L/20R | 7,704 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: threshold displaced 801 ft, 9,487 ft available for landing
- Runway 31: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 741 ft, 9,487 ft available for landing
- Runway 02C: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,601 ft available for landing
- Runway 20C: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 02R: ILS with DME, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 20L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 02L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 20R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 135.1 | Nashville |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 124.55 | John Tune |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 126.05 | Nashville |
| Ground | 121.9 | Nashville |
| Tower | 118.6 | Nashville |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (CHADM) · Class C airspace arriving from headings 030 to 196; East | 118.4 | Nashville |
| Approach and departure · Chsne and star · Class C airspace arriving from headings 197 to 029; West | 119.35 | Nashville |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Nashville |
| Nashville and rco | 122.2 | Nashville |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 629-236-5115.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Nashville from the FAA register
370 aircraft are registered to owners in Nashville, Tennessee: 185 piston singles, 91 business jets, 31 helicopters, 24 piston twins, 21 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 50 since 1982, 10 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Lighted jet blast fence 568 feet above sea level 1167 feet northwest threshold.
- Lighted jet blast fence 598 feet above sea level 1100 feet southeast threshold.
- May be subj to visual intfc from aircraft hldg or stopped at taxiway A5.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Ctn: read back and compliance of runway hldg instrn rqr; spcly taxiway K and runway 20C, taxiway L at runway 13 and taxiway H at runway 31.
- Flight notification service (adcus) available.
- Tbjt runway noise abatement procedure; military tbjt use runway 13/31 for arrival and departure.
- 180 degrees turns ovr 12500 pounds NA on asphalt surface.
- Flight ovr main terminal NA.
- Bird act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Do not confuse taxiway south for runway 20C.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.