How far is north carolina from tennessee by plane

1 hour, 17 minutes

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Flying time from North Carolina to Tennessee

The total flight duration from North Carolina to Tennessee is 1 hour, 17 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. Your exact time may vary depending on wind speeds.

If you're planning a trip, remember to add more time for the plane to taxi between the gate and the airport runway. This measurement is only for the actual flying time. You should also factor in airport wait times and possible equipment or weather delays. If you're trying to figure out what time you'll arrive at the destination, you may want to see if there's a time difference between North Carolina and Tennessee.

The calculation of flight time is based on the straight line distance from North Carolina to Tennessee ("as the crow flies"), which is about 388 miles or 625 kilometers.

Your trip begins in the state of North Carolina.
It ends in the state of Tennessee.

Your flight direction from North Carolina to Tennessee is West (-87 degrees from North).

The flight time calculator measures the average flight duration between points. It uses the great circle formula to compute the travel mileage.

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Travelmath provides an online flight time calculator for all types of travel routes. You can enter airports, cities, states, countries, or zip codes to find the flying time between any two points. The database uses the great circle distance and the average airspeed of a commercial airliner to figure out how long a typical flight would take. Find your travel time to estimate the length of a flight between airports, or ask how long it takes to fly from one city to another.

Driving non-stop from Tennessee to North Carolina

How far is North Carolina from Tennessee? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 485 miles or 781 km

Driving time: 7 hours, 36 minutes

Realistically, you'll probably want to add a buffer for rest stops, gas, or food along the way. To get a better idea of how long this trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from Tennessee to North Carolina

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Tennessee (TN) and North Carolina (NC). 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: 388 miles or 625 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 17 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 97 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.

Tennessee to North Carolina road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to North Carolina, 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 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start at Tennessee.

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:

Tennessee to North Carolina 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: Nashville International Airport (BNA)

Arrival airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)

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: 80 minutes

Getting to your destination: 96 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from BNA to GSO 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, 17 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Tennessee to North Carolina 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: 6 hours

To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:

Plan a trip to North Carolina

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to North Carolina (NC). Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in North Carolina. Check out some of the questions people have asked about North Carolina like Best Beaches in North Carolina?. Click the button below to explore North Carolina in detail.

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 North Carolina to Tennessee, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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