How far is south carolina from tennessee

480 miles / 772 km

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Driving distance from Tennessee to South Carolina

The total driving distance from Tennessee to South Carolina is 480 miles or 772 kilometers.

Your trip begins in the state of Tennessee. It ends in the state of South Carolina.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Tennessee to South Carolina so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Tennessee to South Carolina based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Tennessee and South Carolina.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Tennessee to South Carolina.

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480 miles / 772 km

Map of driving directions from South Carolina to Tennessee

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Driving distance from South Carolina to Tennessee

The total driving distance from South Carolina to Tennessee is 480 miles or 772 kilometers.

Your trip begins in the state of South Carolina. It ends in the state of Tennessee.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from South Carolina to Tennessee so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from South Carolina to Tennessee based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between South Carolina and Tennessee.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from South Carolina to Tennessee.

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Distance from South Carolina to Tennessee is 530 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 329 miles.

The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between South Carolina and Tennessee is 530 km= 329 miles.

If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from South Carolina to Tennessee, It takes 0.59 hours to arrive.

Distance from South Carolina to Nashville is 574 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 357 miles.

The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between South Carolina and Nashville is 574 km= 357 miles.

If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from South Carolina to Nashville, It takes 0.64 hours to arrive.

Driving non-stop from South Carolina to Nashville

How far is Nashville from South Carolina? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 465 miles or 748 km

Driving time: 7 hours, 10 minutes

Realistically, you'll probably want to add a buffer for rest stops, gas, or food along the way. To get a better idea of how long this trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from South Carolina to Nashville

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between South Carolina (SC) and Nashville, Tennessee. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight distance: 370 miles or 596 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 14 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 95 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.3x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/6th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.

South Carolina to Nashville road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Nashville, and you want to stop along the way to rest. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and maybe even find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over more than one day.

Road trip: 2 days of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 8 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start at South Carolina.

Drive for about 1.5 hours, then stop in Augusta and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1.5 hours then stop in Madison (Georgia) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 56 minutes then stop in Atlanta. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 1.5 hours, then stop in Chattanooga and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 47 minutes then stop in Monteagle and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 54 minutes then stop in Murfreesboro and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 41 minutes and arrive in Nashville.

To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:

South Carolina to Nashville airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE)

Arrival airport: Nashville International Airport (BNA)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 44 minutes

Getting to your destination: 18 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from MYR connecting through EWR and arriving at BNA flying on Spirit Airlines. We can figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, time to taxi on the runways, and an average layover time of about 2 hours.

Initial flight time: 1 hour, 53 minutes

Connecting airport: Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)

Connection flight time: 2 hours, 23 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from South Carolina to Nashville including time spent getting to and from the airports, roughly 2 hours at the departure airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, plus the connecting flight with a 2-hour layover.

Total travel time: 9 hours

To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:

How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Nashville to South Carolina, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know South Carolina, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about South Carolina!

How far is Tennessee from South Carolina by plane?

The total flight duration from Tennessee to South Carolina is 1 hour, 13 minutes. This assumes an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/h or 434 knots. It also adds an extra 30 minutes for take-off and landing.