Airports › Knoxville (TYS) › September 2024
Airport month · September 2024
McGhee Tyson in September 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,406 domestic departures from McGhee Tyson (TYS). 84.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.5% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so TYS departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,248 departures with 83.9% leaving on time: a change of +0.7 points, with flights up 13%.
Flights arriving at TYS that month were on time 80.9% of the time (1,406 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 84.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.0%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | TYS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.6% | 83.9% | 76.3% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 84.5% | 82.7% | 75.1% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.2 min | 12.8 min | 22.0 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 47 | 42 | 37 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,406 | 1,248 | 13,561 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 309 | 22% | 80.6% | 6.9 min | 1.3% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 265 | 19% | 90.2% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 245 | 17% | 82.0% | 1.2 min | 2.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 132 | 9% | 75.0% | 17.0 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 126 | 9% | 96.0% | -13.2 min | 0.8% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 94 | 7% | 87.2% | -3.7 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 89 | 6% | 82.0% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 76 | 5% | 84.2% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 60 | 4% | 88.3% | -5.8 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 10 | 1% | 70.0% | 7.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYS–CLT | Knoxville to Charlotte | 224 | 75.9% | 14.5 min | 1.3% |
| TYS–ATL | Knoxville to Atlanta | 219 | 91.3% | -3.9 min | 0.5% |
| TYS–ORD | Knoxville to Chicago | 206 | 85.4% | -2.1 min | 0.5% |
| TYS–DFW | Knoxville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 118 | 81.4% | 10.0 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–LGA | Knoxville to New York | 107 | 88.8% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DCA | Knoxville to Washington | 86 | 83.7% | -0.6 min | 1.2% |
| TYS–DEN | Knoxville to Denver | 79 | 86.1% | -7.0 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DTW | Knoxville to Detroit | 60 | 96.7% | -17.7 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–SFB | Knoxville to Sanford | 48 | 70.8% | 7.9 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–PHL | Knoxville to Philadelphia | 36 | 77.8% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–PIE | Knoxville to St. Petersburg | 36 | 72.2% | 12.1 min | 8.3% |
| TYS–MSP | Knoxville to Minneapolis | 30 | 90.0% | -4.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TYS on time in September 2024?
84.6% of 1,406 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 83.9% of 1,248 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 84.6% and 0.8% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.