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• Air Service

  Nashville International Airport offers outstanding air passenger and cargo service to a wide range of markets. The airport is very modern and located only 8 miles southeast of downtown, easily accessible to any part of the Nashville area in 15 to 30 minutes.

  • 9 million passengers annually.
  • Nearly 400 average daily flights to 89 direct service and 48 nonstop markets in North America.
  • Carriers operating at Nashville International Airport: Air Canada, American, American Connection, American Eagle, Comair, Continental, Delta, Frontier, Northwest, RegionsAir, Midwest/ Skyway, Southwest, United Express, US Airways and US Airways Express.

  The Nashville Air Cargo Link all-cargo complex, located within five minutes of Interstate 40, serves Nashville International Airport and was designated as a foreign trade zone. Other cargo facts include:

  • Almost 73,000 tons of cargo were shipped through Nashville in 2008.
  • Nashville is served by one international cargo airline, China Airlines, and seven domestic cargo airlines including: Airborne Express, Averitt Air, Bax Global, DHL, Emery Expediting, FedEx and Kitty Hawk Cargo.
  • The Air Cargo Link provides taxiway access to the airport’s four runways.

  Air Freight Carriers (Usually carried in airline passenger aircraft)

  • Air Canada
  • American Airlines
  • American Eagle
  • American Connection
  • Continental Airlines
  • Delta
  • Delta Connection
  • Frontier Airlines
  • Independence Air
  • Northwest
  • Skyway
  • Southwest
  • United Express
  • US Air
  • US Airways Express

  Air Cargio (Pure freighter aircraft)

  • Airborne Express
  • BAX Global
  • China Airlines
  • Emery/Menlo Worldwide (UPS)
  • Kitty Hawk

  Integrator

  • FedEx
  • UPS

  For more data and information on transportation in the Nashville area, view our complete transportation profile.

• Roads

  Nashville provide a unique convergence of three major US Interstate highways - 1-40, I-24, I-65.

  • The 440 Parkway, a downtown Interstate loop and Briley Parkway all link the urbanized areas surrounding Nashville.
  • Route 840 connects four suburban counties in an outer loop.
  • Nashville has over 140 freight carriers and 150 truck terminals serving the region.

  For more data and information on transportation in the Nashville area, view our complete transportation profile.

• Railways

  Railways play a large part in moving freight in and out of the Nashville region. CSX Transportation links 20 states and operates a major intermodal yard for the Southeast with an average 90 trains daily. Nashville is home to a division headquarters of CSX, as well as two short-line railroads: the Nashville Eastern and the Nashville Western.

  The Nashville market is served by the Class I Carrier, CSX Transportation, offering rail service that connects the Nashville area to the nation's marketplace.

  CSX Transportation's Nashville classification yard is a major hub for the Southeast, connecting other CSX lines from Atlanta, Birmingham, Evansville, Louisville and Memphis.

  • CSX provides 2,700-route-miles service to 23 states, the District of Columbia and two Canadian provinces.
  • CSX serves 27 of the top 50 U.S. metro markets.
  • CSX serves 45 ocean, lake and river ports.
  • One of the largest hump yards in the Southeast is located in Nashville.
  • Nashville is a major interchange point between Chicago, New Orleans, St. Louis and Atlanta.
  • An average of 90 trains and 7,200 railcars pass through Nashville daily.
  • An average of 1,800 railcars are classified daily in the hump yard.
  • CSX Intermodal provides Nashville with one of the most modern piggyback and loading/unloading systems in the nation. Some 8,300 containers or trailers are handled monthly.

  For more data and information on transportation in the Nashville area, view our complete transportation profile.

• Waterways

  The Port of Nashville on the Cumberland River offers a 9-foot navigation channel that is fully accessible to the Ohio River, Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico. Major barge traffic continues to be a part of the commerce in the region as it has been for more than a century.

  For more data and information on transportation in the Nashville area, view our complete transportation profile.

• Mass Transit

  Nashville provides a very complete intercity bus system.

  The Music City Star suburban rail service began 2006 to link Nashville’s eastern corridor to Lebanon and Wilson County. Additional routes are planned along with a Regional Transportation initiative to implement large scale mass transit over the decade ahead.

  The Music City Star operates three trains during morning rush hours of 6:00–9:00 a.m. and afternoon rush hours of 4:00–6:00 p.m. These trains run on an existing 32-mile single track railroad owned by the Nashville & Eastern Railroad Authority (NERA), and stop at six community stations between downtown Nashville and Lebanon. The system corridor estimates 2,000 daily riders by 2012.

  Proposed Rail Corridor Development in the Nashville Area

  

  For more data and information on transportation in the Nashville area, view our complete transportation profile.