Nashville International Airport Announces ‘Five Firsts'
With the books now closed on Fiscal Year 2019, Nashville International Airport (BNA) today announced “Five Firsts”:
- Topped 17 million total annual passengers
- Increased passengers in a single year by more than 2 million
- Increased annual passengers by 15 percent
- Set passenger records for the sixth consecutive year
- Set monthly passenger total record for June
More specifically, in FY19 (July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019), 17,171,821 passengers traveled into and out of BNA, an increase of more than 2.2 million passengers over last year’s record, and representing an unprecedented 15 percent rate of annual growth.
June 2019 set a record as the single busiest month in BNA history, with 1,676,386 passengers, some 13,000 more than the previous record set in May 2019.
“The passenger growth at BNA continues at an unprecedented pace, adding to our challenge of expanding the airport to serve the needs of Middle Tennessee,” said Doug Kreulen, BNA president and CEO. “As demonstrated in a recently released study, the airport is an enormous engine of job creation and economic activity for our region. It’s our job to continue to accommodate and foster that economic growth. Put simply, we’re going to need a bigger airport.”
According to a recently released study, BNA generated some $7.1 billion in total economic impact to the Middle Tennessee economy in 2018 alone. Additional findings show more than 67,000 area jobs and $2.8 billion in personal income are supported by activity at BNA, which also produced $168 million is state and local taxes and $224 million in federal aviation-specific taxes.
Nashville International Airport is currently in the midst of a major expansion and renovation project. Known as BNA Vision, the completed project will include additional parking garages, new Concourse D and terminal wings, expanded central terminal and security checkpoint, a state-of-the-art International Arrivals Facility, an airport administration building, hotel and potential transit connection. Take a virtual 360-degree tour, view renderings and watch the BNA Vision video at BNAvision.com.
BNA is currently served by 15 airlines and offers 540 daily flights. Nashville International Airport provides nonstop air service to 75 destinations.
