On June 12, more than 25,000 passengers departed Nashville International Airport (BNA) with the conclusion of the 2017 CMA Music Festival and Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, setting a new single-day record for BNA, and a 10.6 percent increase over the previous record set during the comparable Monday in 2016.
In anticipation of the increased passenger volume, MNAA and TSA both added additional personnel on site at BNA throughout the weekend, resulting in security screening times never exceeding 15 minutes, with most passengers in line less than ten minutes.
“We greatly appreciate all who worked to make the travel experience at Nashville International Airport as easy and efficient as possible while a record number of travelers departed BNA these last few days,” said Rob Wigington, president and CEO of the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority. “Focused effort from TSA, our airline partners, Airport Authority employees and our Flying Aces volunteers all contributed to remarkably quick processing times and a notably favorable impression of our city and airport.”
