This Southern U.S. City Is Getting a Rare Nonstop to the Caribbean, No Passport Required
Southwest will fly nonstop from Nashville to St. Thomas starting March 2027, opening an easy weekly route to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Southwest Airlines is adding a nonstop flight from Nashville to St. Thomas, giving Middle Tennessee a rare direct link to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Service between Nashville International and Cyril E. King Airport begins March 13, 2027, running once a week on Saturdays, a schedule built for a straightforward Saturday-to-Saturday Caribbean vacation.
Because St. Thomas is a U.S. territory, American travelers do not need a passport, making it one of the simpler warm-weather trips out of the central United States. The route follows Southwest's arrival in St. Thomas earlier this year, when it launched service from Orlando in February and later added Baltimore.
The island rewards a full week. Magens Bay ranks among the Caribbean's best-known beaches, Charlotte Amalie still carries visible traces of its Danish past, and ferries from Red Hook make neighboring St. John an easy day trip into Virgin Islands National Park.
St. Thomas also offers something unusual for the region: a true all-inclusive option. The family-owned Bolongo Bay Beach Resort covers meals and most drinks across its 65 beachfront rooms, with kayaking, paddleboarding and catamaran trips included. Two more distinctive stays round out the choices, the condo-style Secret Harbour Beach Resort beside a marine-sanctuary snorkeling bay, and The Botany, a villa-focused luxury newcomer still preparing to open on the quieter western end of the island.
For now, the takeaway is the access: beginning in March, a week on St. Thomas will sit at the other end of a single nonstop Saturday departure from Nashville.
