Title: Skyline, looking east from across Scioto River, Columbus, Ohio Subjects: Cities & towns; Rivers Places: Ohio > Franklin (county) > Columbus Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_016631

Nashville to Columbus

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Nashville to Columbus. From €51.47, fastest 4h 17m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Nashville to Columbus runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:36 and the last around 14:49. One passenger pays between €51.47 and €60.32, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 17m over 553 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€51.47 to €60.32

  • 110%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Nashville

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:36First departure
  • 14:49Last departure
  • 6Services per day
  • 33%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €87.46Tue15
  2. about €120.50Wed16
  3. about €100.44Thu17
  4. about €88.64Fri18
  5. about €97.49Sat19
  6. about €89.82Sun20
  7. about €72.12Mon21
  8. about €72.12Tue22
  9. about €70.35Wed23
  10. about €78.02Thu24
  11. about €75.66Fri25
  12. about €80.38Sat26
  13. about €80.97Sun27
  14. about €60.32Mon28
  15. about €59.73Tue29
  16. about €57.96Wed30
  17. about €69.17Thu1
  18. about €62.09Fri2
  19. about €75.07Sat3
  20. about €56.78Sun4
  21. about €51.47Mon5

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Columbus. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Columbus for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Union Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Nashville to Columbus

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €65.6390 days
  2. €53.2460 days
  3. €56.7845 days
  4. €47.9330 days
  5. €51.4721 days
  6. €60.3214 days
  7. €72.127 days
  8. €100.443 days
  9. €87.461 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €47.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 110 percent. The dearest point is €100.44, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€100.44€47.931371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Nashville to Columbus and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

553 km

536 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

689,447913,175

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

NashvilleNashvilleColumbusColumbus
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 553 km against 536 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Knoxville, Akron, Pittsburgh, Cleveland. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Union Station

Most of the points near Union Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Nashville to Columbus

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Nashville to Columbus?

The fastest journey from Nashville to Columbus takes 4h 17m door to door, of which 1h 7m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 20m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Nashville to Columbus?

The cheapest fare from Nashville to Columbus is €51.47, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €80.09. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Nashville to Columbus?

The cheapest way from Nashville to Columbus is by flight, at €60.32 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 17m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Nashville to Columbus?

Fares from Nashville to Columbus bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €47.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 110 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Nashville to Columbus?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Nashville to Columbus, at €60.32. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Nashville to Columbus?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Nashville to Columbus, at €42.62 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Nashville to Columbus?

1 operators sell services from Nashville to Columbus across 1 mode: Southwest Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Nashville to Columbus?

33 percent of the services we sell from Nashville to Columbus are direct. The rest connect at Knoxville, Akron, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, with about 48 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Nashville to Columbus use?

Services from Nashville to Columbus by flight leave from Nashville BNA and arrive at Columbus CMH. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Nashville to Columbus?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Nashville to Columbus allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Nashville to Columbus on 14 September 2026: 553 km of route against 536 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €51.47, and 4h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Columbus is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Columbus and across United States

Day trips that leave Columbus in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Nashville reaches 96 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 6,736 km. Columbus reaches 74 places in 7 countries, from 95 to 11,592 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Nashville

  • 96Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 24Operators

Arriving in Columbus

Leaving Columbus

  • 74Places you can leave for
  • 7Countries
  • 26Operators

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