McGhee Tyson in November 2024

88.6%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,406 domestic departures from McGhee Tyson (TYS). 88.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.3% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so TYS departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 1,155 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of +0.7 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at TYS that month were on time 84.9% of the time (1,405 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 88.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.5%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	TYS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	88.6%	87.9%	76.3%	85.2%
Arrived on time	88.3%	86.2%	75.1%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.1%	2.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.4 min	11.3 min	22.0 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	47	39	37	19,180
Scheduled departures	1,406	1,155	13,561	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	332	24%	86.1%	-4.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	271	19%	95.6%	-12.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	239	17%	83.3%	1.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	135	10%	94.1%	-12.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	112	8%	86.6%	-3.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	89	6%	77.5%	22.7 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	88	6%	89.8%	-6.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	68	5%	89.7%	0.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	59	4%	94.9%	-8.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	1%	61.5%	28.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TYS–ATL	Knoxville to Atlanta	245	92.7%	-8.7 min	0.0%
TYS–CLT	Knoxville to Charlotte	188	85.6%	1.8 min	0.0%
TYS–LGA	Knoxville to New York	149	90.6%	-8.5 min	0.0%
TYS–ORD	Knoxville to Chicago	134	91.0%	-7.8 min	0.0%
TYS–DFW	Knoxville to Dallas/Fort Worth	116	79.3%	10.1 min	1.7%
TYS–DCA	Knoxville to Washington	107	86.9%	-3.8 min	0.0%
TYS–DEN	Knoxville to Denver	81	87.7%	-0.8 min	0.0%
TYS–DTW	Knoxville to Detroit	55	100.0%	-19.3 min	0.0%
TYS–SFB	Knoxville to Sanford	50	78.0%	4.7 min	0.0%
TYS–PHL	Knoxville to Philadelphia	40	87.5%	-7.2 min	0.0%
TYS–MIA	Knoxville to Miami	33	93.9%	-8.8 min	0.0%
TYS–PIE	Knoxville to St. Petersburg	33	81.8%	-3.2 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.8%	36.9%	4,428
Late-arriving aircraft	36.4%	35.6%	4,505
National Aviation System	14.4%	21.9%	1,784
Extreme weather	13.3%	5.4%	1,648
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

12,365 delay minutes on 161 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 November 2024?

88.6% of 1,406 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 87.9% of 1,155 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 88.6% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.