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Airport month · October 2024
McGhee Tyson in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,691 domestic departures from McGhee Tyson (TYS). 86.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so TYS departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,349 departures with 88.7% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights up 25%.
Flights arriving at TYS that month were on time 84.3% of the time (1,693 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 87.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | TYS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.9% | 88.7% | 76.3% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 87.6% | 87.8% | 75.1% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.1% | 2.1% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.4 min | 12.0 min | 22.0 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 56 | 45 | 37 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,691 | 1,349 | 13,561 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 402 | 24% | 80.3% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 314 | 19% | 82.5% | 0.5 min | 4.8% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 264 | 16% | 94.3% | -11.1 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 157 | 9% | 96.8% | -16.8 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 145 | 9% | 84.8% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 135 | 8% | 92.6% | -10.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 105 | 6% | 86.7% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 95 | 6% | 95.8% | -11.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 4% | 96.8% | -10.5 min | 1.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 12 | 1% | 66.7% | 36.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYS–CLT | Knoxville to Charlotte | 258 | 77.1% | 11.7 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–ATL | Knoxville to Atlanta | 248 | 96.8% | -14.8 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–ORD | Knoxville to Chicago | 237 | 92.0% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DFW | Knoxville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 123 | 87.8% | -5.9 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–LGA | Knoxville to New York | 115 | 91.3% | -7.3 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–PHL | Knoxville to Philadelphia | 102 | 84.3% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DCA | Knoxville to Washington | 89 | 83.1% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DEN | Knoxville to Denver | 83 | 91.6% | -9.4 min | 1.2% |
| TYS–DTW | Knoxville to Detroit | 56 | 96.4% | -14.2 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–SFB | Knoxville to Sanford | 55 | 72.7% | 6.5 min | 9.1% |
| TYS–PIE | Knoxville to St. Petersburg | 46 | 69.6% | -3.7 min | 15.2% |
| TYS–MIA | Knoxville to Miami | 39 | 92.3% | -5.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TYS on time in October 2024?
86.9% of 1,691 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 88.7% of 1,349 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.9% and 0.9% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.