McGhee Tyson in November 2023

87.9%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,155 domestic departures from McGhee Tyson (TYS). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so TYS departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TYS that month were on time 85.7% of the time (1,154 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 86.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.6%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from TYS in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	TYS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	87.9%	—	76.3%	86.0%
Arrived on time	86.2%	—	75.1%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.1%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.3 min	—	22.0 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	39	—	37	18,793
Scheduled departures	1,155	—	13,561	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	288	25%	87.8%	-0.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	199	17%	77.9%	7.8 min	0.5%
9E Endeavor Air	172	15%	95.9%	-15.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	152	13%	79.6%	2.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	131	11%	93.9%	-7.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	92	8%	81.5%	1.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	58	5%	81.0%	1.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	48	4%	95.8%	2.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	15	1%	73.3%	8.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TYS–CLT	Knoxville to Charlotte	201	84.6%	5.0 min	0.0%
TYS–ATL	Knoxville to Atlanta	197	95.4%	-10.6 min	0.0%
TYS–DCA	Knoxville to Washington	107	92.5%	-7.0 min	0.0%
TYS–LGA	Knoxville to New York	103	94.2%	-8.3 min	0.0%
TYS–ORD	Knoxville to Chicago	94	72.3%	5.4 min	0.0%
TYS–DFW	Knoxville to Dallas/Fort Worth	88	83.0%	-1.4 min	0.0%
TYS–DEN	Knoxville to Denver	76	89.5%	-4.7 min	0.0%
TYS–SFB	Knoxville to Sanford	54	81.5%	7.1 min	0.0%
TYS–PIE	Knoxville to St. Petersburg	32	78.1%	2.4 min	0.0%
TYS–DTW	Knoxville to Detroit	30	93.3%	-7.6 min	0.0%
TYS–MIA	Knoxville to Miami	30	70.0%	10.6 min	0.0%
TYS–PHL	Knoxville to Philadelphia	30	100.0%	-21.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	52.1%	42.5%	6,398
Late-arriving aircraft	29.3%	37.3%	3,595
National Aviation System	13.0%	16.2%	1,598
Extreme weather	5.6%	3.7%	693
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

12,284 delay minutes on 157 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left TYS on time in November 2023?

87.9% of 1,155 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for TYS · methodology · corrections.