Nashville International parking
One of the fastest-growing US airports. Demand is outpacing on-airport parking, so off-airport books up fast.
About Nashville International
One of the fastest-growing airports in the country, and currently a building site as it tries to keep up with itself.
Nashville International served 25,247,226 passengers in 2025, up 4.6 percent on the year before, and the growth is the story here. BNA has been expanding hard for years and the infrastructure is visibly chasing the demand.
There is one terminal with five concourses, four of which are operational, and 53 gates. Concourse A is being rebuilt and is due to reopen in 2028 with 16 gates. Atlanta and Denver are the busiest domestic routes at roughly half a million passengers each, followed by Dallas-Fort Worth, and London Heathrow leads internationally.
For anyone parking, the construction is not background detail. It affects what is open, and the airport's own parking inventory has been reduced while the work goes on.
Getting to BNA
All the practical access info, by car, train, coach and otherwise.
The airport is reached from I-40, which has an eastbound exit and a westbound entrance ramp onto the terminal road, and from Donelson Pike. It is roughly eight miles southeast of downtown.
There is no rail link. A light rail connection to downtown has been discussed and airport stations feature in proposals for Nashville to Atlanta passenger rail, but nothing is running today.
WeGo Route 18 connects the airport with downtown Nashville.
No train, fast growth and a big visitor economy mean the parking operation is under real pressure, which is why availability is the thing to plan around here.
How parking works at Nashville International
Covered parking is Terminal Garage 1 and Terminal Garage 2, which is also where short-term parking sits. Valet is available. The airport's value tier is the surface economy parking, Economy Lot B and Economy Lot C, served by BNA parking shuttles.
Terminal Lot A has been listed as closed. Parking status at BNA changes with the construction program, so confirm what is actually open close to your travel date rather than working from a map you saw last year.
With supply reduced and traffic growing, reserving a space ahead is worth more at Nashville than at a steadier airport. Turning up and hoping is how people end up circling the garages.
Tips travelers wish they'd known
- Check what is open before you travel. Terminal Lot A has been listed as closed and the construction program keeps changing the picture.
- Concourse A is shut for reconstruction until 2028, so the airport is working with fewer gates than its size suggests and the terminal gets busy.
- Reserve rather than arrive on spec. BNA's growth has outrun its parking supply and the garages fill.
- Nashville's visitor traffic peaks around events and weekends rather than weekday business mornings, so a Friday or Sunday departure is the tight one.
BNA questions, answered
The questions our 24/7 team gets asked most about flying from Nashville International.
How early should I arrive at Nashville?+
Two hours for domestic flights and three for international. Give yourself more during the construction program, when the terminal is working with fewer gates than usual.
What parking is open at BNA?+
Covered parking is Terminal Garage 1 and Terminal Garage 2, with Economy Lot B and Economy Lot C as the surface value option and valet also available. Terminal Lot A has been listed as closed, and the picture changes with construction, so confirm before you travel.
Is there a train from Nashville airport to downtown?+
No. WeGo Route 18 runs to downtown by bus. Light rail has been proposed but nothing is operating today.
Why is Nashville airport so busy?+
It carried over 25 million passengers in 2025, up 4.6 percent year on year, while Concourse A is closed for reconstruction until 2028. Fast growth plus reduced capacity is a tight combination.