Direct Flights from Portland to Nashville
Nashville · Tennessee
Nonstop service from PDX to BNA on Alaska, Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
98 cities have a nonstop to Nashville, Portland among them.
How long to go to Nashville for, from Portland
4h 25m in the air, 1,969 miles. A two-night trip loses most of two days to travel; three or four nights is where this one starts to make sense.
About Nashville
Nashville is the capital of the American state of Tennessee. With 716,000 residents in 2022, it is the state's largest city. Nashville is sometimes called the "Country Music Capital of the World" or more often "Music City, USA"; however, Nashville has done much to escape its country music image and become a regional center of culture and commerce. In fact, Dell, Nissan, and Amazon have all moved some operations to or near the city. The music is various; major rap artists and rock bands claim Nashville as their hometown, and the city is also the epicenter of the contemporary Christian music industry. Nashville has been the home of the world-famous Grand Ole Opry since 1925. Nashville also has a great bar scene. If you like to drink, you can go "Honky-tonking," also known as bar-hopping. This is the act of visiting and drinking at multiple bars in one evening or day.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Nashville
- Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
- The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the world's largest museums and research centers dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of American country music.
- The Parthenon in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece.
- The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is a zoological garden and historic family farm located 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Downtown Nashville.
- Fort Negley was a fortification built by Union troops after the capture of Nashville, Tennessee during the American Civil War, located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city center.
- Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, commonly known as Bicentennial Mall, is a linear park in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
- Cheekwood is a 55-acre (22 ha) historic estate on the western edge of Nashville, Tennessee that houses the Cheekwood Estate & Gardens.
- The Frist Art Museum, formerly known as the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, is an art exhibition hall in Nashville, Tennessee, housed in the city's historic U.S.
- Opryland USA was a theme park in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The 120-acre (49 ha) park was located between the Cumberland River and Briley Parkway.
- The Cathedral of the Incarnation, located at 2015 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States, is the cathedral seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville.
- Centennial Park is a large urban park located approximately two miles west of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States, across West End Avenue from the campus of Vanderbilt University.
- Lane Motor Museum is an automobile museum in Nashville, Tennessee holding a collection of over 500 mostly European automobiles, with 150 vehicles displayed on any given day.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Nashville weather, compared with Portland
7° warmer than Portland on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Nashville 48°F · Portland 47°F · much the same
- April
- Nashville 72°F · Portland 62°F · 10° warmer
- July
- Nashville 90°F · Portland 81°F · 9° warmer
- October
- Nashville 73°F · Portland 64°F · 9° warmer
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Nashville
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Nashville is March–May and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 60–80°F.
- How long to stay
- Nashville rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Vanderbilt University, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and Parthenon (Nashville) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Portland to Nashville?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Portland (PDX) to Nashville (BNA) on Alaska, Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Portland to Nashville?
- Alaska, Southwest fly nonstop between Portland (PDX) and Nashville (BNA). Southwest flies it June to August only.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Portland to Nashville?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Portland to Nashville.
- How far is Nashville from Portland?
- Nashville is about 1,969 miles from Portland by air.
- What is there to do in Nashville?
- Popular things to do include Vanderbilt University, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Parthenon (Nashville), Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, and more.
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