Nashville International Airport

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Nashville International Airport
Image:BNA aerial photo.jpg
IATA: BNA – ICAO: KBNA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority
Location		Nashville, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL		599 ft / 183 m
Coordinates		36°07′36″N 86°40′55″W / 36.12667, -86.68194
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
2L/20R	7,702	2,348	concrete
2C/20C	8,000	2,438	concrete
2R/20L	8,000	2,438	concrete
13/31	11,030	3,362	concrete

Nashville International Airport (IATA: BNA, ICAO: KBNA) is an airport in southeastern Nashville, Tennessee. The IATA Airport Code BNA is descended from one of the city's early aviation facilities—Berry Field, NAshville, which was the name of the current facility until 1988, when the name was changed to reflect plans for international flights. The airport has four runways.

BNA was an American Airlines hub in the late 1980s and early 1990s. As of 2006, BNA is served by 11 airlines operating an average of 424 daily commercial flights. BNA averages a total of 589 flight operations per day.^[1]

The current passenger facility on Donelson Pike was opened in 1987, and was designed for the American Airlines hub facilities. It replaced a smaller facility on the other side of the runways, accessed from Briley Parkway. The former facility dated back to 1961, and was demolished in 1989.

Berry Field Air National Guard Base is located at Nashville International Airport. The base is home to the 118th Airlift Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard.

1 Concourses, airlines, and destinations
2 Airline lounges
3 Cargo facilities
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Concourses, airlines, and destinations

Nashville International Airport has four concourses, of which only three are actually in use:

[edit] Concourse A

Air Canada
- Air Canada Jazz (Toronto-Pearson)
Continental Airlines
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
Frontier Airlines (Cancún, Denver)
United Airlines
- United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Washington-Dulles)
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)

[edit] Concourse B

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Boston, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-JFK)
- Delta Connection operated by Freedom Airlines (Orlando)
- Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
JetBlue Airways (New York-JFK) [ends January 6]
Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit)
- Northwest Airlink operated by Compass Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
US Airways (Charlotte, Philadelphia)
- US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)
- US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Charlotte)
- US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte, Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)
- US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines (Philadelphia, Washington-Reagan)
- US Airways Express operated by Trans States Airlines (Pittsburgh [ends January 6])

[edit] Concourse C

American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York-LaGuardia)
- American Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (St. Louis)
- American Connection operated by Trans States Airlines (St. Louis)
- American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, New York-LaGuardia, St. Louis, Washington-Reagan)
Midwest Airlines
- Midwest Connect operated by Skyway Airlines (Milwaukee)
Southwest Airlines (Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham (AL), Chicago-Midway, Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Houston-Hobby, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Oakland, Ontario, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Providence, Raleigh/Durham, San Antonio, San Diego, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa)

[edit] Concourse D

This concourse, currently closed by the Metro Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA), was constructed as a ground level commuter terminal for American Eagle. All American Eagle flights operated out of Concourse D until, as a cost cutting measure after 9/11, all American Eagle flights were moved to Concourse C to share gates with American Airlines. For a short period of time, Concourse D was used by Corporate Airlines to operate its own regional flights until it became an American Connection and Continental Connection regional affiliate.^[2] Currently, the MNAA has no plans to reopen Concourse D.

[edit] Airline lounges

Nashville International Airport is home to a Delta Air Lines Crown Room Club located adjacent to gate B3. The club offers services and amenities such as:

Satellite TV
T-Mobile HotSpot
Complimentary full-service bar

The American Airlines Admirals Club is located above gate C12. The facility, which was closed after September 11, 2001, reopened on July 11, 2007. The club offers services and amenities such as:

Two workstations with high-speed internet access
T-Mobile HotSpot
Complimentary snacks and soft drinks
Full-service cash bar

[edit] Cargo facilities

The airport has seen considerable growth in its cargo offerings in recent years with the addition of a 70,000 sq ft (7,000 m²) FedEx Express sorting facility and six flights a week to Taipei, Taiwan by China Airlines and their fleet of 20 Boeing 747-400F freighters. Other daily scheduled cargo carriers are DHL, AirbornExpress, Capital Cargo International, Kitty Hawk Air Cargo, and ATI International Carriers.