BNA to RDU: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Nashville to Raleigh/Durham?

The great-circle distance between Nashville International Airport (BNA) and Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) is 710 km (441 mi, 383 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 RDU?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 25m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. RDU is roughly east of BNA.

How is the BNA to RDU route written in code?

The pair is written BNA-RDU in IATA codes and KBNA-KRDU in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Nashville International Airport is BNA (KBNA), Raleigh-Durham International Airport is RDU (KRDU).

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.

RDU sits 164 ft (50 m) lower than BNA, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying BNA to RDU

2 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 2 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:

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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