McGhee Tyson in February 2024

90.5%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,040 domestic departures from McGhee Tyson (TYS). 90.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.9% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so TYS departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TYS that month were on time 86.2% of the time (1,040 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 88.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.7%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from TYS in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	TYS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	90.5%	—	76.3%	84.0%
Arrived on time	88.9%	—	75.1%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	2.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.7 min	—	22.0 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	—	37	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,040	—	13,561	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	226	22%	85.0%	-2.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	210	20%	92.4%	-9.1 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	151	15%	92.7%	-13.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	135	13%	84.4%	-6.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	127	12%	85.8%	-3.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	78	8%	98.7%	-18.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	69	7%	87.0%	-2.6 min	1.4%
YX Republic Airline	34	3%	94.1%	-6.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	10	1%	70.0%	-0.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TYS–CLT	Knoxville to Charlotte	199	85.4%	-1.2 min	0.0%
TYS–ATL	Knoxville to Atlanta	184	95.1%	-13.5 min	0.0%
TYS–LGA	Knoxville to New York	102	90.2%	-5.0 min	1.0%
TYS–ORD	Knoxville to Chicago	95	86.3%	-2.8 min	0.0%
TYS–DCA	Knoxville to Washington	91	84.6%	-3.1 min	1.1%
TYS–DFW	Knoxville to Dallas/Fort Worth	87	94.3%	-17.1 min	0.0%
TYS–DEN	Knoxville to Denver	58	84.5%	-10.7 min	0.0%
TYS–SFB	Knoxville to Sanford	46	87.0%	-4.3 min	0.0%
TYS–DTW	Knoxville to Detroit	29	100.0%	-16.8 min	0.0%
TYS–MIA	Knoxville to Miami	29	89.7%	-6.8 min	0.0%
TYS–PHL	Knoxville to Philadelphia	29	93.1%	-21.9 min	0.0%
TYS–FLL	Knoxville to Fort Lauderdale	22	86.4%	-4.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	35.9%	2,109
Late-arriving aircraft	39.8%	36.9%	2,200
National Aviation System	20.8%	21.7%	1,149
Extreme weather	1.2%	5.3%	64
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

5,522 delay minutes on 111 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 February 2024?

90.5% of 1,040 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.