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Cheapest round-trip
$222
Typical prices: $405-$278
Frontier
Wed 8/19Tue 8/25
MCI - BNA • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$247
Typical prices: $498-$287
Southwest
Tue 8/25Tue 8/25
MCI - BNA • Non-stop
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Cheapest • from $222 (round-trip)
Best reviews • 7.9 score
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Cheapest • Avg $248 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 3h 50m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Kansas City to Nashville (MCI-BNA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Kansas City to Nashville that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Kansas City to Nashville

Wed, Aug 19 - Tue, Aug 25
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1:45 pm - 11:04 am
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21h 19m
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11:59 am - 1:00 pm
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25h 01m
1 stop
$222Frontier
Tue, Aug 25 - Tue, Aug 25
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7:40 am - 9:15 am
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BNA
1h 35mnonstop
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3:35 pm - 5:15 pm
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1h 40mnonstop
$247Southwest
Tue, Aug 25 - Tue, Aug 25
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11:55 am - 5:55 pm
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BNA
6h 00m
1 stop
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8:55 pm - 10:35 pm
BNA
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MCI
1h 40mnonstop
$251Southwest
Sun, Aug 2 - Wed, Aug 5
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1:45 pm - 11:32 am
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BNA
21h 47m
1 stop
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12:25 pm - 1:00 pm
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MCI
24h 35m
1 stop
$252Frontier
Tue, Aug 25 - Tue, Aug 25
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7:50 am - 1:45 pm
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BNA
5h 55m
1 stop
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5:55 pm - 11:10 pm
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MCI
5h 15m
1 stop
$255Southwest
Wed, Aug 19 - Tue, Aug 25
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9:50 am - 4:05 pm
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BNA
6h 15m
2 stops
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10:10 am - 1:30 pm
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MCI
3h 20m
1 stop
$256Southwest
Tue, Aug 25 - Tue, Aug 25
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8:20 am - 11:25 am
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3h 05m
1 stop
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4:50 pm - 10:30 pm
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5h 40m
2 stops
$260Southwest
Mon, Jul 27 - Wed, Jul 29
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1:45 pm - 11:32 am
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BNA
21h 47m
1 stop
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12:17 pm - 1:00 pm
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MCI
24h 43m
1 stop
$261Frontier
Fri, Jul 17 - Mon, Jul 20
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1:45 pm - 11:32 am
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BNA
21h 47m
1 stop
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12:17 pm - 1:00 pm
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MCI
24h 43m
1 stop
$264Frontier
Tue, Aug 25 - Tue, Aug 25
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6:20 am - 12:10 pm
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BNA
5h 50m
2 stops
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4:50 pm - 10:30 pm
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MCI
5h 40m
2 stops
$265Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Kansas City to Nashville flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Kansas City to Nashville to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Kansas City to Nashville?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Kansas City to Nashville departing in August.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Kansas City to Nashville?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Kansas City to Nashville clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Kansas City to Nashville, look for departures on Saturdays and avoid leaving on a Monday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Nashville, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Monday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Kansas City to Nashville?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Kansas City to Nashville, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Kansas City to Nashville is August, where tickets cost $351 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and March, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $573 and $514 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Kansas City to Nashville?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $391 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Kansas City to Nashville?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Kansas City to Nashville, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Kansas City to Nashville, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 54% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Kansas City to Nashville

 
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John Walton

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Expert on MCI

Independent aviation journalist John Walton took his first flight at eight weeks old and hasn’t stopped travelling since. A world-renowned expert in airlines and the passenger experience, he writes in depth on aviation, is a resident expert on travel in Japan and France, and offers a uniquely queer perspective on travelling the world.

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Stefanie Waldek

Expert on BNA

Stefanie Waldek is a freelance space, travel, and design writer based in Saratoga Springs, NY. Her words have appeared in Space.com, Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest, and House Beautiful, among other publications. An expert in aviation and expedition cruising, Stefanie is frequently up in the air or on the sea, likely en route to Antarctica or the Arctic.

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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$121
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 31% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Kansas City to Nashville

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Kansas City to Nashville based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Kansas City to Nashville

  • Can I rent a car at BNA airport?

    Yes. Passengers landing at BNA airport can access rental car services at the airport offered by Thrifty, National, Dollar, Advantage Avis, Hertz, Alamo, Budget and Enterprise. Find their counters at the car rental facility near terminal lot A and offer a wide array of vehicles such as vans.

  • Which lounges are available at BNA airport?

    BNA airport hosts several lounges accessible to passengers. They include Admirals Club on Concourse C, Delta Sky Club on Concourse B, Graycliff Divans Lounge on Concourse C and Minute Suites on Concourse D. This airport also hosts USO Nashville near Concourse C which offers free services to active U.S. military members.

  • Does MCI airport have passenger-accessible parking facilities?

    Yes. MCI airport has ample and secure parking facilities for passengers offering long and short-term parking options. Use the garage parking lots outside Terminals B and C. Circle parking lot E3 between the terminals provides long-term services for short-term services. Accessible parking spaces for passengers with disabilities can be found in the circle lots section E3.

  • How can I get to MCI airport from Kansas City?

    From Downtown Kansas City, take US-169 N following signs for I-70 W Downtown Loop. Then exit toward I-70 E/US 71 and merge onto I-70 E. From I-70 E, go west on Airport Drive to access Terminals A and B. For Terminal C, go south on Gillham Road to access the terminal from the north or south.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Kansas City to Nashville?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Kansas City to Nashville was $121 for a one-way ticket and $222 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Kansas City and Nashville?

    No

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Kansas City to Nashville?

    When flying out of Kansas City you will be using Kansas City. You will be landing at Nashville, also known as Nashville Intl.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Kansas City to Nashville?

    American Airlines, Delta, and JetBlue offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Kansas City to Nashville flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Kansas City to Nashville?

    The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Kansas City to Nashville flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Kansas City to Nashville?

    Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Kansas City and Nashville, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Kansas City to Nashville?

    There are nonstop flights from Kansas City to Nashville on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Kansas City to Nashville, Southwest or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Kansas City to Nashville are Southwest and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $434 and an overall rating of 7.9, Southwest is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $287 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Kansas City to Nashville?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Kansas City to Nashville.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Kansas City to Nashville?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Nashville from Kansas City is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Kansas City to Nashville?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Nashville with an airline and back to Kansas City with another airline. Booking your flights between Kansas City and BNA can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Kansas City to Nashville?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Nashville from Kansas City up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Kansas City to Nashville

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $213 or less one-way and $376 or less round-trip.
  • Kansas City Airport (MCI) to Nashville International Airport (BNA) is a well-traveled route by corporate travelers. This is because MCI airport offers convenient business facilities including meeting rooms which you can access for presentations, tele-conferencing and short briefings with your team members. There are business centers in Terminal A near Gate 9, Terminal B near Gate 56 and Terminal C near Gate 76.
  • Traveling mothers will appreciate flying through MCI airport since it offers essential baby care facilities. You will find nursing mothers' rooms in Terminal C in the holding room for flights with Spirit, Frontier, American and Alaska which are lockable offering privacy and features sink, fold-up tables, space for strollers, power outlets and comfortable seating for breastfeeding or pumping breast milk.
  • MCI airport also has special facilities to accommodate disabled passengers. These facilities are adapted telephones, lifts, access ramps, and wheelchair-accessible restrooms. They offer wheelchairs through the airlines. There is also brail signage throughout the terminals for blind passengers and those with low vision. If you need special assistance contact your airline in advance.
  • Nashville International Airport (BNA) is among the leading kid friendly airports in the U.S. providing family-friendly facilities including family restrooms on Concourses A, B, C and D. It also has a chldren's area that has an aviation theme situated at the central lobby area at Concourse B's end. Take your kids to this play area to have fun and stretch their muscles after a long flight.
  • Nashville International Airport is also pet-friendly, offering convenient pet amenities including pet relief areas. Find an outdoor pet relief area outside the baggage claim area of each terminal at the north and south ends of level 3, where you can free and watch your pet from a distance as it enjoys the grassy area. Indoor pet areas equipped with waste bags and receptacles are located on Concourses C and D.

Prefer to fly direct from Kansas City to Nashville?

 
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Find which airlines fly direct from Kansas City Airport to Nashville Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Kansas City to Nashville

 
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7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4235 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
7.0Food
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It was great. The gate staff were very helpful in Portland when my son forgot his rolling bag and had to go back to get it just in time to make it on the plane. We really appreciate that. Great job!

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2026
DEN - ORF
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It was great. The gate staff were very helpful in Portland when my son forgot his rolling bag and had to go back to get it just in time to make it on the plane. We really appreciate that. Great job!

Airline is not very senior friendly. Flights are late, forcing us to run to the connecting flight. Food is awful. Wish they would go back to pretzels and peanuts. During flight, pressurization isn’t quite right and all of our ears get plugged. Everything is nickel and dime, charging for boarding, seat selection and legroom. While a screen at the desk in the gate area says check your roll on bag now for free due to space limitation, the employee at the desk will not check the bag without a $100 fee. Insane.

Kayak could’ve posted the correct gate number. Almost missed my flight.

Slow boarding, limited food and drink portions. Bad delays and turbulence

there were two flight attendants that were up front...that were the best! They get KUDOs for making my trip only fantastic. Tell them Jeff said that!

OKay. I sat in the back of the plane and it was really loud between babies and little kids, and adults who.like to talk a lot and loudly most of the flight.

Flight coming out of Buffalo was delayed, so we had to be rescheduled on another flight from Baltimore to Phoenix which means we had a long layover and got home 3.5 hours late. Shuttle to parking stopped at 10pm, so we had to pay for an Uber to the parking lot and got charged an extra day of parking since it was after midnight. Not the best experience. Long day!

Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

I don't know why flying out of Sarasota requires two plane changes.

The first time I flew in the extra legroom section. It was difficult to notice a difference. I had bad luck with my neighbors. The crew was okay. Southwest has reduced the live TV options.

This was an overnight flight, and in the morning they did know coffee service. How you can throw passengers in a San Francisco airport at 5:40 a.m. in the morning and not giving them Coffee is a crime.

Our flight was delayed several Times due to mechanical issues. Although I understand this may happen at times, it was very inconvenient and we had to book a hotel for an overnight stay. We were traveling with my 3-yo grandson and waiting at the airport from noon until 6:30pm with no reassurance that our next rescheduled flight would depart, we had to decide what’s best for him. A day later, I found out that I may be able to demand compensation if my flight is delayed more than 4 hours. I will hav to read the fine print next time.

The pilot had to extend the flight time from san antonio to Houston to burn off fuel. This caused a lot of unnecessary stress since we had a tight connection to Aruba. And with no other flights going to Aruba we were worried about spending a night in Houston. We had to to run to our connection because of the flight crews mistake. Not happy.

Service was professional and quick. Premium economy seat was comfortable given the class

I'm a United 1K member and have ben for 10 years. The gate agent had no control over the boarding process and had us passengers queued for hours as delays were announced. On the plane, the overhead air nozzle was broken so col over was powering through on me and the passenger next to me. Not a great experience for a million miler on United. Feel free to contact me. Josh Smigel - DM426089

Like: departed and arrived on time. Unlike: Food options for purchase allways bad, 1 of 2 of the crew members not very friendly at all. Seats and leg room aweful. At this point I am thinking on switching to AA.

Over 5 hour delay with minimal updates or ability to standby for alternative flights. During boarding and 1 hr+ wait for takeoff, seats were drenched w water from air conditioning condensation and always leftover crumbs on carpet and seats

The staff was extremely helpful and friendly at all times! They went above and beyond to get us into an earlier flight in San Diego to make our connection in SFO possible, because our original flight did actually not make it! I did so much appreciate the UA team and how they made this possible. We also didn’t have seats together on the long flight to Singapore, but they found us seats together last moment with no additional cost! Nobody sat next to us, so that we were able to sleep! Thanks to UA for improving their service and Underpricer for booking this trip! Please be careful: 1,5 hrs for transfer in San Francisco might not be enough time in the future

Over 2.5 hour maintenance delay on first morning flight with no acknowledgement, compensation or even gesture of good will. Aircraft had overnighted at airport so issue should have been addressed prior to boarding. Over 3.5 hours before first slow and deliberate beverage service.

Packed flight, which makes it tough on crew and boarding staff (and the customers of course). But this was great boarding, clear instructions, etc. Traveling on the weekends are always fraught with danger as you have families and less frequent flyers thus more confusion. But this flight went as planned.

Leave on time. We waited on the plane for hour hours and it was hot and smelly

Two hours delay, probably one hour because they didn’t bring catering and they had to bring water in board. There a change of aircraft. But delays galore at CLT so it must be a CLT and/or AA operation issue. The 1 hr additional delays because nobody could bring 2 packs of water sooner is probably the best example of this airline operates

Flight was delayed 5 hours. Initial reason for delay was 'maintenance' - which makes sense. Then, the additional 2 hours continued to say it was maintenance - when I know EWR had a 2 hour delay. AA did not say that. Additionally, when boarding, there was only one agent at the counter for a long time - until another came to help. After boarding, we had to wait another 45 minutes due to 'no catering'. So while we waited for catering, AA continued to board additional passengers - which seemed odd - and raised questions about what really was going on. I sat in First Class. During the flight, the flight crew allowed a significant number of non-First Class passengers to use the front bathroom - which created a very crowded environment in First Class which was uncomfortable. This also delayed First Class passengers from using the bathroom. Overall, horrible experience.

The Charleston, WV airport was cute. Very good staff and small enough to feel comfortable. The plane had more leg room than bigger planes. Much more comfortable.

Another uncoordinated American experience. Always surprises me at DFW for them of all places. Have to take this flight as there are no other good time options. We knew from the start that something was wrong, but the pilot wouldn't tell us. I just watched my Kayak app grow the delay by 10 minutes as it went to 3.5 hours. They were uncoordinated with maintenance (as maintenance, when finally arriving, knew within 15 minutes the plane wasn't going. No 'sorry' or 'this is what is going on' comment. The pilot seemed unfazed / didn't care about the process we were going through.

The seats. The seat in front of me was awful and when the guy sat down, it flew back and hit my head when I was putting my backpack under the seat, It didn't make for a pleasant experience,

I’ve got 31F seat and window seat . My 2 co passengers was AA crew members and they were very rude attitude and when I was going to use bathroom their gestures was very different and awkward and the guy beside me completely occupied the hand rest and I was really uncomfortable

The gate experience at LAX was abysmal (same for the arrival experience two days prior). Despite the LAX -> SAT schedule of two flights daily, our departure gate was at a smaller hub that we had to be bussed to from Terminal 4. Fortunately, I arrived at LAX extra early and had time to spare, but if I had not known, I might have missed my flight. I looked at the LAX airport map in the AA app and there was no indication of the additional boarding process. Lastly the gate area we were bussed to was crowded with limited food and beverage options. On flight, the fight attendant was hospitable and attentive, the flight was smooth, and AA's free (and working) wifi for AA members were all on the positive side.

It was so much better than expected, Ohare is not such a pleasant experience but American Airlines with the new, clean aeroplane and free Wi-Fi was outstanding and the crew so pleasant and helpful.

The flight attendants were extremely sourly and borderline rude. I did not feel appreciated as an AA customer once.

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