BNA to EWR: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Nashville to Newark?

The great-circle distance between Nashville International Airport (BNA) and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) is 1,201 km (746 mi, 648 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from BNA to EWR?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 2h. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. EWR is roughly northeast of BNA.

How is the BNA to EWR route written in code?

The pair is written BNA-EWR in IATA codes and KBNA-KEWR in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Nashville International Airport is BNA (KBNA), Newark Liberty International Airport is EWR (KEWR).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

EWR sits 581 ft (177 m) lower than BNA, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying BNA to EWR

1 airline appear on this route in the open route dataset, 1 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 2 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: FL, UA.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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