Great-circle route BNA → ORD. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Nashville to Chicago is approximately 1h 27m nonstop. The distance is 410 miles (660 km). There are about 19 nonstop flights from Nashville to Chicago per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA → ORD Nashville International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
1h 27m | 410 mi | 96/wk | American Airlines, United Airlines |
| BNA → MDW Nashville International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport |
1h 25m | 395 mi | 40/wk | Southwest Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
3 airlines fly nonstop from Nashville to Chicago, including American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-700, Canadair reg jet 700, Embraer 170, Boeing 737-800 and 4 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Nashville to Chicago is 410 miles, or 660 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 410 mi |
| Kilometres | 660 km |
| Nautical miles | 356 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 136 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 27m in the air on the BNA–ORD nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 410-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
410 miles (660 km) great-circle between Nashville International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-700, Canadair reg jet 700, Embraer 170, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
BNA to ORD, BNA to MDW. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
