'''Nashville International Airport''' (BNA) is located 8 miles from downtown [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. <ref>[http://www.flynashville.com/about/brief.aspx Briefing Paper]</ref>
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'''Nashville International Airport''' (BNA) is located 8 miles from downtown [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref>[http://www.flynashville.com/about/brief.aspx Briefing Paper]</ref>
==Airport History==
==Airport History==
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Constructed as a [[Works Progress Administration]] project, the airport was dedicated in 1936, and officially opened in June of 1937. The three letter identifier, '''BNA''', stands for '''B'''erry Field '''NA'''shville. It was named Berry Field in honor of [[Colonel]] [[Harry S. Berry]], State Administrator of the WPA. The airport's name was changed to Nashville International Airport in 1988 to reflect present and future international air service goals. <ref>[http://www.flynashville.com/about/history_bna.aspx BNA History]</ref>
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Constructed as a [[Works Progress Administration]] project, the airport was dedicated in 1936, and officially opened in June 1937. The three letter identifier, '''BNA''', stands for '''B'''erry Field '''NA'''shville. It was named Berry Field in honor of [[Colonel]] [[Harry S. Berry]], State Administrator of the WPA. The airport's name was changed to Nashville International Airport in 1988 to reflect present and future international air service goals.<ref>[http://www.flynashville.com/about/history_bna.aspx BNA History]</ref>