Ryman Auditorium
See a performance or explore the historic auditorium on a tour.
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The destination · TN
Nashville
Live music, memorable dining and a weekend with its own rhythm. Make time for Nashville beyond the meeting.
Time well spent
Make time for Nashville.
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Explore the artists, recordings and stories that shaped country music.
Explore Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (opens the website in a new tab)Grand Ole Opry
Catch a show at the Opry House, home of the weekly country music broadcast that has run since 1925.
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Places to stay.
Four Seasons Hotel Nashville
A contemporary SoBro stay with river views and a rooftop pool.
Explore the hotel (opens the website in a new tab)The Hermitage Hotel
A historic downtown address with grand interiors and Jean Georges dining.
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Where are you staying?
Pick a neighborhood to see the closest field and the drive.
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BNAClosest
Nashville International
The default. Any size aircraft, customs on the field, and more aircraft based on the field than the other two.
- Downtown15 min
- Brentwood20 to 25 min
- Belle Meade25 min
- Franklin35 to 40 min
On the ground
Two FBOs on the general aviation side, away from the airline terminal. Expect a lounge, a car pulled up beside the aircraft, and a short drive around the field from the passenger terminal roads. Airline traffic means a few minutes of waiting for a takeoff slot in the morning push.
JWNClosest
John C. Tune
The quieter option on the west side. It wins for Belle Meade, West Meade and Bellevue, for a light jet or turboprop with up to six or seven people, and for anyone who wants to park, walk through a small terminal and board.
- Belle Meade15 min
- Downtown15 min
- Brentwood25 to 35 min
- Franklin40 min
On the ground
One small terminal with a lounge and a ramp you can see from the parking lot. No airline traffic and no lines. Ramp and hangar space are tighter than at BNA, so on a busy weekend the aircraft sometimes repositions to BNA overnight.
MQYClosest
Smyrna
The southeast option. It wins for Murfreesboro, La Vergne and the Rutherford County side of Brentwood, and for a larger aircraft when BNA is busy.
- Murfreesboro15 min
- Brentwood25 to 35 min
- Franklin35 to 40 min
- Downtown35 min
On the ground
One full service FBO with a lounge and easy parking. It is a working field with flight training and maintenance shops around it, so it is not quiet, but you are never waiting behind an airline departure.
When to go
The season in Nashville.
- Nashville flies year round, and the flow is outbound: to the beach and the coast, to New York and Dallas for work.
- The peak weeks are Thanksgiving week, Christmas week through New Year's Day, the spring break weeks in March, Memorial Day weekend, the week of July 4 and Labor Day weekend.
- Inbound, CMA Fest in early June and New Year's Eve fill the ramp.
- In a peak week the light jets based in Nashville are spoken for days ahead, so a quote may carry a positioning leg from Atlanta, Louisville or Memphis and the price sits in the upper half of the range.
- A flexible date, even by one day, usually brings it back down.
Popular routes
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Time in the air in calm conditions, rounded to five minutes. Your quote sets the schedule.
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Belle Meade, West Meade and Bellevue are closer to JWN than to BNA. For those clients the small airport saves time on both ends of the trip.
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BNA's morning airline push runs from about 6 to 8. A 7 am private departure can wait a few minutes for release; leave at 8:30 and you usually roll straight out.
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JWN sits beside the Cumberland River and can be fogged in on a fall morning after BNA is already clear. When the forecast says fog, we plan BNA or a later departure.
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Summer afternoons bring pop up thunderstorms across Tennessee and north Florida. A morning departure to the coast keeps you ahead of them.
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A few days each winter bring ice, and Nashville stops on ice more than on snow. We watch the forecast and move the departure by a few hours when it helps.
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Customs is at BNA only. An international return lands at BNA even if you left from JWN or Smyrna.
Plan your flight
Fly to Nashville.
Add where you are starting, a date and a headcount. Your starting prices arrive by email, and a pilot follows up as soon as the desk can review your request.
Fair questions
Nashville questions.
Which Nashville airport should I use?
BNA unless there is a reason not to. JWN wins for the west side of town on a light jet or turboprop. Smyrna wins for the southeast and for a larger aircraft that is already based there. Tell us where you are starting from and we pick the field with you.
How much does it cost to fly private from Nashville?
Your emailed planning estimate shows the current range by aircraft category once you enter a destination and dates. A light jet to the Florida coast sits at the lower end; a midsize or super midsize jet to the Northeast or the mountains sits higher. Your quote will be exact.
Can I fly out of Nashville the same day?
Often, yes. Light jets base at BNA, so a same day departure is often possible on a normal weekday. Peak weeks and Friday afternoons are harder. Call or text and we tell you in a few minutes what is real for your day.
Does CP Jets have aircraft based in Nashville?
No. We act as your agent: we source the market, review the aircraft and negotiate on your behalf. Light, midsize and super midsize jets are based at BNA and Smyrna from our sourcing network, and we place clients on them regularly.