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title: "BNA is which airport? Nashville"
description: "BNA is Nashville International Airport in Nashville, United States. Why the code is BNA and not something you could guess, plus the codes it gets mixed up with."
url: https://atoneplace.net/airport/bna/
site: "At One Place"
---

# What airport is BNA?

**BNA is: Nashville International Airport**

Nashville, United States

## Why the code is BNA

Berry Field Nashville. The field was named for Harry Berry, who ran the works programme that built it.

The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.

## The airport

- **IATA code:** BNA
- **ICAO code:** KBNA
- **Airport:** Nashville International Airport
- **City:** Nashville, United States
- **Code origin:** Documented

Berry Field opened in 1937 under a Works Progress Administration grant, and Harry S. Berry was the state administrator who oversaw it. The airport was renamed Nashville International in 1988; the code kept the initials of a man most passengers have never heard of.

## The other code, KBNA

Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, BNA, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, KBNA, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why KBNA looks nothing like BNA.

## Common questions

### What airport is BNA?

Nashville International Airport, in Nashville, United States.

### Why is Nashville's airport called BNA?

Berry Field Nashville. The field was named for Harry Berry, who ran the works programme that built it.

### What is the difference between BNA and KBNA?

BNA is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. KBNA is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.

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## Sources

- Official vendor product documentation — At One Place (/about/)