How far is Tennessee from Chicago by plane

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Top 8 airlines flying from Tennessee to Chicago

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There are several ways to calculate distance from Nashville to Chicago. Here are two common methods:

Vincenty's formula (applied above)

• 409.171 miles
• 658.497 kilometers
• 355.560 nautical miles

Vincenty's formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points on the earth’s surface, using an ellipsoidal model of the earth.

Haversine formula

• 409.786 miles
• 659.486 kilometers
• 356.094 nautical miles

The haversine formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points assuming a spherical earth (great-circle distance – the shortest distance between two points).

How long does it take to fly from Nashville to Chicago?

Estimated flight time from Nashville International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport is 1 hour 16 minutes.

What is the time difference between Nashville and Chicago?

There is no time difference between Nashville and Chicago.

Flight carbon footprint between Nashville International Airport (BNA) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)

On average flying from Nashville to Chicago generates about 85 kg of CO2 per passenger, 85 kilograms is equal to 188 pounds (lbs). The figures are estimates and include only the CO2 generated by burning jet fuel.

Map of flight path and driving directions from Nashville to Chicago

Shortest flight path between Nashville International Airport (BNA) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD).

Airlines flying from Nashville (BNA) to Chicago (ORD)

Driving non-stop from Chicago to Tennessee

How far is Tennessee from Chicago? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 508 miles or 818 km

Driving time: 7 hours, 43 minutes

Realistically, you'll probably want to add a buffer for rest stops, gas, or food along the way. To get a better idea of how long this trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from Chicago to Tennessee

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Chicago, Illinois and Tennessee (TN). Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight distance: 426 miles or 685 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 5 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 82 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.2x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/6th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.

Chicago to Tennessee road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Tennessee, and you want to stop along the way to rest. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and maybe even find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over more than one day.

Road trip: 2 days of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 9.5 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start in Chicago.

Drive for about 2 hours, then stop at Triple XXX Family Restaurant and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1.5 hours then stop in Indianapolis and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1.5 hours then stop in Scottsburg. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 2 hours, then stop at Mammoth Cave National Park and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1.5 hours then stop in Nashville and stay for 4 hours.

Finally, drive for about 1 hour and arrive at Tennessee.

To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:

Chicago to Tennessee airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)

Arrival airport: Nashville International Airport (BNA)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 47 minutes

Getting to your destination: 80 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from ORD to BNA on American Airlines and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 1 hour, 21 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Chicago to Tennessee including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 5 hours

To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:

Plan a trip to Tennessee

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Tennessee (TN). Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Tennessee. Check out some of the questions people have asked about Tennessee like Seeking small rural/mtn towns. Click the button below to explore Tennessee in detail.

How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Tennessee to Chicago, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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