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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

Nashville International ⇄ Chicago Midway International BNA–MDW

Airlines flew 3,770 flights between Nashville International BNA in Nashville, TN and Chicago Midway International MDW in Chicago, IL in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 431,894 passengers in 614,355 seats, 70% of them filled, and 724,759 pounds of freight. 395 miles, about 69 minutes in the air, on 6 airlines: Southwest Airlines Co. (3,751), Delta Air Lines Inc. (13), CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle (3), KaiserAir, Inc. (1) and 2 more. Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

3,770
flights, twelve months
BNA-MDW: 1,901 · MDW-BNA: 1,869
431,894
passengers
70% of seats filled
395
miles
about 69 minutes airborne
6
airlines
9 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0861732603461/254/257/2510/251/264/263417/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/25252
2/25240
3/25322
4/25329
5/25341
6/25342
7/25346
8/25333
9/25320
10/25342
11/25314
12/25303
1/26253
2/26246
3/26336
4/26330
5/26345
6/26307
7/26341

Passengers by month

010,87121,74232,61243,4831/254/257/2510/251/264/2641,4617/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2524,534
2/2524,569
3/2536,631
4/2535,858
5/2540,773
6/2541,578
7/2543,483
8/2543,112
9/2541,159
10/2542,766
11/2534,397
12/2532,657
1/2621,778
2/2622,834
3/2636,863
4/2635,879
5/2639,973
6/2639,015
7/2641,461

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Southwest Airlines Co. WN3,751430,77770%scheduled passenger service
Delta Air Lines Inc. DL1399660%charter passenger service
CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle LF31753%charter passenger service
KaiserAir, Inc. 1EQ15276%charter passenger service
Air Canada AC14970%charter passenger service
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. 27Q1330%charter passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Boeing B737 Max 8001,446175174,284
Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 71,246140127,334
Boeing 737-8001,060175129,211
Boeing 757-20010123639
Airbus Industrie A320-100/2003128303
Cessna 510 Mustang/560XL Citation Excel282
Bombardier Challenger 604/60511615
Boeing 717-2001110103
Bombardier BD-100-1A10 Challenger 3001103

BNA → MDW this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

1,901 flights of 1,894 scheduled, 218,065 passengers in 308,862 seats, 445,516 pounds of freight. Southwest Airlines Co. 1,893; Delta Air Lines Inc. 4; CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle 2; KaiserAir, Inc. 1; Air Canada 1.

MDW → BNA this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

1,869 flights of 1,869 scheduled, 213,829 passengers in 305,493 seats, 279,243 pounds of freight. Southwest Airlines Co. 1,858; Delta Air Lines Inc. 9; Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. 1; CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle 1.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: Nashville International BNA and Chicago Midway International MDW; all routes.