Jun. 13, 2019

May 2019 Top Passenger Month in BNA History

Booming growth continues with more than 1.66 million passengers in May

NASHVILLE – Nashville International Airport (BNA) set a new monthly record for total number of passengers with 1,663,780 passengers in May 2019, an eight percent increase over the previous record set in October 2018 (1,538,312 passengers) and a 17 percent increase over last May’s passenger volume (1,418,316 passengers).

BNA has set passenger records in each of the last six calendar years, reaching 16 million passengers in 2018, an increase of 13.2 percent over the previous year.

On average, approximately 22,000 departing passengers are screened through the security checkpoint at BNA per day.

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As infrastructure critical to the region’s growth and prosperity, BNA is a vital asset for Middle Tennessee and serves as a gateway to Music City and beyond. According to a recent State of Tennessee study, in 2019 alone, BNA generated more than $9.9 billion total economic impact.  BNA supported more than 76,000 jobs in the region and produced more than $443 million in state, local and federal taxes. BNA receives no local tax dollars.

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