Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority

BNA Generated Enormous Economic Impact in 2019

Updated airport study shows $8.1 billion in regional activity
NASHVILLE – With air travel picking up and key components of its expansion and renovation program set for completion, the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority today released an updated study on the economic impacts generated by Nashville International Airport (BNA) for the calendar year 2019. The report, commissioned by the Airport Authority and conducted by the research firm of Martin Associates, reveals that BNA’s total economic impact exceeded $8 billion, a 14 percent increase over 2018 and an increase of 131 percent since a similar 2012 study.

Airport Authority Board Elects New Officers

Attorney Aubrey Harwell III Named Chair, Succeeding Meharry Official Dr. A. Dexter Samuels

NASHVILLE – The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) Board of Commissioners elected attorney Aubrey (Trey) B. Harwell III as its new chair at its May meeting. Harwell, who previously served as vice chair, succeeds Dr. A. Dexter Samuels, senior vice president for Student Affairs and executive director, Robert Wood Foundation Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College, who has served as chair since 2018 and as a board member since 2007.

COVID-19 Updates

At Nashville International Airport (BNA), the safety and welfare of all our stakeholders — passengers, employees, business partners — is our highest priority. To that end, BNA has enacted several measures focused on cleaning and disinfecting common touchpoints.