Nashville International
BNA · KBNA · Nashville, Tennessee · Davidson County · map
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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 118 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 276,906 takeoffs and landings a year. About 11,694,747 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Nashville International?
Its FAA code is BNA, and its ICAO code is KBNA.
Where is Nashville International?
It is 5 miles southeast of Nashville, Tennessee, 599 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Nashville International?
The longest of its 4 runways, 13/31, is 11,030 feet long.
Does Nashville International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Nashville International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Nashville International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Laguardia, Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, Denver International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Nashville International?
8 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Nashville Flight School LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Nashville International?
17 pilot examiners and 14 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Nashville International…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Smyrna Airport (10 nm southeast), John C Tune Airport (11 nm west), Lebanon Municipal (18 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Tennessee · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 118,188 departures from BNA in those twelve months, carrying 13,158,586 passengers in 17,228,112 seats (76% filled), to 265 destinations (39 abroad) on 62 airlines.
All 265 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 18 |
| multi-engine | 11 |
| jets | 73 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 15 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 276,906, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 210,573 |
| air taxi and commuter | 29,959 |
| general aviation, travelling | 33,721 |
| general aviation, local | 8 |
| military | 2,645 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Nashville from the FAA register
366 aircraft are registered to owners in Nashville, Tennessee: 183 piston singles, 89 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Nashville, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center 8 aircraft · Nashville
- Nashville Flight School LLC 4 aircraft · Nashville Aeroluxe Aviation is a flight school based in Nashville, Tennessee, offering fixed-wing and helicopter flight training from private pilot through commercial pilot certificates, as well as aerobatic training.
- Flight Training Pro LLC 1 aircraft · Nashville Tennessee Flight Training is a flight school operating five locations across Tennessee (Nashville, Maury County, Millington-Memphis, Shelbyville, and Crossville) that provides pilot training from discovery flights through commercial certifi
- Romeo Alpha Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Nashville
- Anywhere Atp LLC 13 aircraft · Mount Juliet, 11 miles away Anywhere Aero is a veteran-owned flight training school offering accelerated pilot certification courses from private pilot through ATP (Airline Transport Pilot) and instructor ratings, as well as A&P maintenance certification.
- Flying High Again LLC 6 aircraft · Mount Juliet, 11 miles away Flying High Again is a flight school at Smyrna Airport near Nashville, Tennessee, offering pilot training from private pilot through commercial, instrument, multi-engine, and instructor ratings.
- Rjd Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Mount Juliet, 11 miles away
- Shelbyville Flight Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Smyrna, 12 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Nashville:
- Secure Air Charter LLC 13 aircraft on the certificate ACME/Secure Air Charter operates on-demand jet charter services and aircraft management from Nashville International Airport in Tennessee.
- JetRight Aerospace Holdings, LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate JetRight is a Nashville-based aviation company offering on-demand charter flights, aircraft management, co-ownership opportunities, and maintenance services.
- Express Air Service LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Nashville:
- Aerowing INC
- Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services, LLC
- Jetright Aerospace Holdings, LLC JetRight Aerospace Holdings is an aerospace investment and holding company based at Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Rsm Holding, LLC
- Sobec Aircraft Maintenance LLC
- Swat Aviation LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
17 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 17 for private pilot, 17 for commercial and instrument, 13 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 17 for airplanes, 14 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 14 aviation medical examiners, 8 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 training center examiners.
- Grant Matthew Jarvis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Nashville International Airport · Nashville, TN (0 nm) · (303) 819-6244 · [email protected]
- Robert Sawyer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Nashville, TN (0 nm) · (615) 397-0084 · [email protected]
- Rembert Harmon private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Brentwood, TN (9 nm) · (615) 310-0385 · [email protected]
- Catherine Elizabeth Cavagnaro private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Smyrna, TN (10 nm) · (931) 636-8678 · [email protected]
- Christopher David Hardee private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smyrna Airport · Smyrna, TN (10 nm) · (615) 482-1592 · [email protected]
- David William Nicholls private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smyrna/Rutherford Airport · Smyrna, TN (10 nm) · (901) 335-4916 · [email protected]
- James Harry Lightfoot private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Smyrna, TN (10 nm) · (817) 721-0091 · [email protected]
- Philip Paul Kuitems private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mt Juliet, TN (10 nm) · (704) 968-7788 · [email protected]
All 46 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Nashville 366 aircraft · 183 piston singles, 89 business jets, 31 helicopters
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center 8 aircraft in town
- Tennessee Flying Machines LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Dialysis Clinic INC 5 aircraft in town
- State of Tennessee 4 aircraft in town
- Frequency Change Aviation Services INC 3 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Secure Air Charter LLC 13 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- JetRight Aerospace Holdings, LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Express Air Service LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center 8 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Nashville Flight School LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Flight Training Pro LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Aerowing INC · repair station
- Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services, LLC · repair station
- Jetright Aerospace Holdings, LLC · repair station
- Rsm Holding, LLC · repair station
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 4,943 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., United Air Lines Inc.
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 4,347 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co.
- Laguardia (LGA) 4,256 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, Southwest Airlines Co.
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 4,218 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, Southwest Airlines Co.
- Denver International (DEN) 3,642 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., United Air Lines Inc.
- Orlando International (MCO) 3,463 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Spirit Air Lines
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 3,441 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 3,434 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 50 since 1982 · 10 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Tennessee 1,196 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Tennessee 76 landing places
- Tennessee 6,518 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BNA.json.
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 23, 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.