How far is nashville tennessee from virginia

The distance from Nashville, Tennessee to Virginia (VA) is:

577 miles / 929 km driving487 miles / 784 km flying

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Distance from Nashville, TN to Virginia

The total driving distance from Nashville, TN to Virginia is 577 miles or 929 kilometers.

The total straight line flight distance from Nashville, TN to Virginia is 487 miles.

This is equivalent to 784 kilometers or 423 nautical miles.

Your trip begins in Nashville, Tennessee. It ends in the state of Virginia.

Your flight direction from Nashville, TN to Virginia is East (74 degrees from North).

The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from Nashville, TN to Virginia. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance ("as the crow flies") and the driving distance if the route is drivable. It uses all this data to compute the total travel mileage.

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The distance from Virginia (VA) to Nashville, Tennessee is:

577 miles / 929 km driving487 miles / 784 km flying

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Distance from Virginia to Nashville, TN

The total driving distance from Virginia to Nashville, TN is 577 miles or 929 kilometers.

The total straight line flight distance from Virginia to Nashville, TN is 487 miles.

This is equivalent to 784 kilometers or 423 nautical miles.

Your trip begins in the state of Virginia. It ends in Nashville, Tennessee.

Your flight direction from Virginia to Nashville, TN is West (-101 degrees from North).

The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from Virginia to Nashville, TN. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance ("as the crow flies") and the driving distance if the route is drivable. It uses all this data to compute the total travel mileage.

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Driving non-stop from Virginia to Nashville

How far is Nashville from Virginia? Here's the quick answer if you don't sleep at all, or you have a friend with you so each person can drive some of the way, letting you make the entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 577 miles or 929 km

Driving time: 8 hours, 38 minutes

This is a pretty long drive, so it's not very realistic to drive nonstop. To get a better idea of how long this road trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from Virginia to Nashville

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Virginia (VA) and Nashville, Tennessee. 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: 487 miles or 784 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 28 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 90 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.

Virginia to Nashville road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Nashville, 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: 11.5 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start at Virginia.

Drive for about 2.5 hours, then stop in Roanoke and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1.5 hours then stop in Galax and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 2.5 hours then stop in Johnson City (Tennessee). Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 1.5 hours, then stop in Dandridge and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 2 hours then stop in Crossville and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1 hour then stop in Gordonsville and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 54 minutes and arrive in Nashville.

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:

Virginia to Nashville 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: Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO)

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: 87 minutes

Getting to your destination: 19 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from CHO to BNA 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, 28 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Virginia to Nashville 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:

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 Nashville to Virginia, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know Virginia, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about Virginia!

How far is Virginia from Nashville flight?

Flying time from Virginia to Nashville, TN The total flight duration from Virginia to Nashville, TN is 1 hour, 28 minutes. This assumes an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/h or 434 knots. It also adds an extra 30 minutes for take-off and landing.

How long is a car ride from Virginia to Tennessee?

How long is the drive from Virginia to Tennessee? The total driving time is 8 hours, 56 minutes. Your trip begins in the state of Virginia.

How far is Tennessee from Virginia by plane?

The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Tennessee and Virginia is 741 km= 460 miles. If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Tennessee to Virginia, It takes 0.82 hours to arrive.

How far is Nashville from Virginia?

Distance from Virginia to Nashville is 739 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 459 miles. The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Virginia and Nashville is 739 km= 459 miles.