Haven’t done much regional flying lately and wanted to do a flight from my hometown of Nashville. What’s better than a flight between two hubs of live country music?
Server: Solo
Airline: American Eagle (Operated by Envoy Air)
Aircraft: Embraer ERJ 175LR
Origin: Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee (BNA)
Destination: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, Texas (AUS)
Flight Number: AA3682
Route: KBNA-KAUS
Seat: 15F (Main Cabin)
Time En Route: 1 Hour 43 Minutes
Boarding at Gate C13 in Nashville. Our aircraft is N206NN, a former Compass Airlines bird, which was inherited by Envoy Air when CP went under during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Taxiing out for takeoff
Departure and climbout past downtown Nashville
Over the Mississippi River floodplain
Beginning what turned out to be a very bumpy descent into Austin
Landing at the former Bergstrom Air Force Base
Parked at Gate 18 at the Barbara C. Jordan Terminal