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Airport month · August 2024
McGhee Tyson in August 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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,477 domestic departures from McGhee Tyson (TYS). 81.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.6% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so TYS departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,322 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights up 12%.
Flights arriving at TYS that month were on time 73.6% of the time (1,476 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 79.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
- Cancelled 2.3%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | TYS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.2% | 81.8% | 76.3% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 79.6% | 80.5% | 75.1% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 2.3% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.7 min | 13.9 min | 22.0 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 49 | 44 | 37 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,477 | 1,322 | 13,561 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 354 | 24% | 80.2% | 12.6 min | 1.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 293 | 20% | 85.3% | -3.5 min | 4.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 263 | 18% | 73.8% | 13.3 min | 2.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 125 | 8% | 82.4% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 120 | 8% | 71.7% | 15.2 min | 1.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 106 | 7% | 90.6% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 100 | 7% | 81.0% | 20.2 min | 2.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 45 | 3% | 71.1% | 24.4 min | 8.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 43 | 3% | 83.7% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 28 | 2% | 50.0% | 61.0 min | 10.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYS–CLT | Knoxville to Charlotte | 230 | 79.1% | 14.3 min | 1.7% |
| TYS–ATL | Knoxville to Atlanta | 223 | 89.2% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–ORD | Knoxville to Chicago | 171 | 73.1% | 9.4 min | 0.6% |
| TYS–DFW | Knoxville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 125 | 88.0% | 13.2 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–LGA | Knoxville to New York | 109 | 73.4% | 7.1 min | 11.0% |
| TYS–DEN | Knoxville to Denver | 89 | 83.1% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DCA | Knoxville to Washington | 88 | 79.5% | 8.6 min | 2.3% |
| TYS–DTW | Knoxville to Detroit | 62 | 90.3% | -8.6 min | 3.2% |
| TYS–PHL | Knoxville to Philadelphia | 59 | 69.5% | 22.7 min | 3.4% |
| TYS–SFB | Knoxville to Sanford | 47 | 74.5% | 13.8 min | 4.3% |
| TYS–PIE | Knoxville to St. Petersburg | 44 | 70.5% | 32.9 min | 4.5% |
| TYS–FLL | Knoxville to Fort Lauderdale | 36 | 75.0% | 3.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TYS on time in August 2024?
81.2% of 1,477 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 81.8% of 1,322 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 81.2% and 2.3% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.