NewsSeptember 18, 2026
Smoke at BNA Next Week? It's Just a Planned Emergency Drill
Photo: Artaxerxes / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)If you see smoke and emergency vehicles at Nashville International Airport next week, it's a scheduled training exercise, not a real emergency.
Airport officials say the mock scenario uses controlled fire and smoke to test how airport staff and partner agencies respond to an aircraft emergency.
Flights and normal operations aren't expected to be disrupted, but travelers may notice extra activity near the runways.