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Airport month · July 2024
McGhee Tyson in July 2024
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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,550 domestic departures from McGhee Tyson (TYS). 73.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.6% reached their destination on time; 4.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so TYS departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at TYS that month were on time 64.8% of the time (1,550 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 32% and extreme weather 14%.
- On time 72.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.0%
- Cancelled 4.1%
- Diverted 0.3%
July 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jul 2024 | Year earlier | TYS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.9% | — | 76.3% | 68.5% |
| Arrived on time | 72.6% | — | 75.1% | 68.1% |
| Cancelled | 4.1% | — | 2.1% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 22.0 min | — | 22.0 min | 24.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 52 | — | 37 | 21,154 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,550 | — | 13,561 | 634,613 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G4 Allegiant Air | 337 | 22% | 68.8% | 18.2 min | 4.5% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 276 | 18% | 71.0% | 15.8 min | 3.6% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 269 | 17% | 74.3% | 10.3 min | 6.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 175 | 11% | 84.0% | -5.9 min | 2.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 148 | 10% | 62.8% | 28.2 min | 2.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 127 | 8% | 71.7% | 16.3 min | 8.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 92 | 6% | 81.5% | 2.8 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 52 | 3% | 76.9% | 3.2 min | 1.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 43 | 3% | 58.1% | 14.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 31 | 2% | 83.9% | -4.7 min | 6.5% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYS–ATL | Knoxville to Atlanta | 220 | 72.3% | 18.1 min | 5.9% |
| TYS–CLT | Knoxville to Charlotte | 213 | 67.1% | 24.9 min | 2.8% |
| TYS–ORD | Knoxville to Chicago | 176 | 80.1% | -0.5 min | 2.3% |
| TYS–DFW | Knoxville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 146 | 71.9% | 7.7 min | 1.4% |
| TYS–LGA | Knoxville to New York | 112 | 73.2% | -1.1 min | 10.7% |
| TYS–DCA | Knoxville to Washington | 89 | 68.5% | 20.9 min | 5.6% |
| TYS–DEN | Knoxville to Denver | 88 | 85.2% | -7.6 min | 2.3% |
| TYS–SFB | Knoxville to Sanford | 63 | 55.6% | 30.3 min | 4.8% |
| TYS–PIE | Knoxville to St. Petersburg | 62 | 66.1% | 17.8 min | 3.2% |
| TYS–DTW | Knoxville to Detroit | 60 | 81.7% | 11.5 min | 3.3% |
| TYS–FLL | Knoxville to Fort Lauderdale | 43 | 76.7% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–MSP | Knoxville to Minneapolis | 40 | 70.0% | 8.9 min | 7.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TYS on time in July 2024?
73.9% of 1,550 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
July 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 July 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.