Nashville tn to Johnson City tn

Direct routes for travel from Nashville to Johnson City

The bus offers routes from Nashville to the most remote corners of Johnson City as well as different services. Direct buses depart from Nashville, Tn and arrive at Johnson City, Tn. Services operate 7 buses daily and 49 buses per week. The journey takes approximately 7 hours and costs from 35 USD. There’s no doubt that flying can be a quick and efficient way of traveling from Nashville to Johnson City. You can take a direct flight from Nashville to Tri-Cities Regional that takes approximately 3 hours and costs from 170 USD. There are 40 direct flights per day and 282 flights per week, operated by airlines, such as Boeing.

Nashville to Johnson City by bus

Only 293 miles separate Nashville and Johnson City, so you can choose a convenient bus route to make your trip comfortable and easy. It takes 7 hours to get from one place to another. A ticket for one trip will be on average 50 USD. Also, don't forget to buy a bus ticket that will cost you minimum 35 USD. You will have 4 stops during your trip and no transfers. Such providers like Greyhound USA coordinate buses from Nashville to Johnson City.

Trains from Nashville to Johnson City

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Flight from Nashville to Johnson City

It is an easy and convenient way to travel to Johnson City by plane with flight departing from Nashville and arriving at Tri-Cities Regional. 239-mile distance separates two destinations. The distance between two cities can be reached in 3 hours of flight. Tickets regularly drop and rise, but the average price for the destination you've selected is around 490 USD. The ticket prices start at 170 USD. It is convenient to travel from Nashville to Johnson City by plane with flight departing at 05:20 and arriving at 09:32.

Driving directions from Nashville to Johnson City

You will cover around 285 miles if you choose to drive from Nashville to Johnson City. You may get to your destination point in 5 hours. You'll have to pay 34 USD to fill up your vehicle on this route.

Driving non-stop from Johnson City (Tennessee) to Nashville

How far is Nashville from Johnson City (Tennessee)? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 285 miles or 459 km

Driving time: 4 hours, 16 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 Johnson City (Tennessee) to Nashville

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Johnson City, Tennessee and Nashville, Tennessee. 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: 248 miles or 399 km

Flight time: 1 hour

The straight line flight distance is 37 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 1/4th 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.

Johnson City (Tennessee) to Nashville road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Nashville, 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: 7 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start in Johnson City (Tennessee).

Drive for about 58 minutes, then stop in Bulls Gap and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1 hour then stop in Pigeon Forge and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1.5 hours then stop in Lenoir City. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 1 hour, then stop at Comfort Suites Crossville and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1 hour then stop in Gordonsville and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 47 minutes then stop in Gallatin and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 37 minutes and arrive in Nashville.

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:

Johnson City (Tennessee) to Nashville 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: Tri-Cities Regional Airport (TRI)

Arrival airport: Nashville International Airport (BNA)

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: 35 minutes

Getting to your destination: 19 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from TRI to BNA 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

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Johnson City (Tennessee) to Nashville 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: 4 hours

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

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 Nashville to Johnson City (Tennessee), or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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