Great-circle route BNA ↔ LGA. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| BNA → LGA Nashville to New York |
82/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines |
| LGA → BNA New York to Nashville |
— | — | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 777,666 passengers on 8,634 flights between BNA and LGA — about 2,132 a day — filling 85% of the 920,137 seats flown. Southwest Airlines Co. carried the most passengers (49%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
3 airlines fly the BNA–LGA nonstop, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Embraer 175, Boeing 737, Bombardier CRJ900, Boeing 737-800 and 1 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Nashville International Airport and La Guardia Airport is 763 miles, or 1,228 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 763 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,228 km |
| Nautical miles | 663 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 82 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 07m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 763-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.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 777,666 passengers on 8,634 scheduled flights between BNA and LGA — about 2,132 a day — filling 85% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Embraer 175, Boeing 737, Bombardier CRJ900, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
