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PHOTOS: Celebrating BNA decade by decade

It's been 85 years since BNA opened to the public! From 1937 to 2022, there's been a lot of changes, so we're giving you a look decade by decade on how Nashville International Airport has grown!

BNA 85 Historical Images Opening in the summer of 1937, the airport was originally called Berry Field Nashville!Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images In 1938, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited the airport! Here's a look at her exiting from one of the planes.Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images A look at construction of the airport in 1936, a year before it opened.Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images An aerial look at BNA!Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Welcome to Nashville - 1957!Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Welcome to the 60s!Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Welcome to Nashville - 70sPhoto by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images A look into the 80s!Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Welcome to the 90s at BNA!Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images A view from the 00s!Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA BNA 85 Historical Images Photo by: BNA
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Opening in the summer of 1937, the airport was originally called Berry Field Nashville!BNA
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