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Airport month · December 2024
McGhee Tyson in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,388 domestic departures from McGhee Tyson (TYS). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so TYS departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,147 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of −7.9 points, with flights up 21%.
Flights arriving at TYS that month were on time 74.4% of the time (1,388 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 79.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.4%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | TYS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.0% | 87.9% | 76.3% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 79.0% | 85.6% | 75.1% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.3% | 2.1% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.4 min | 9.6 min | 22.0 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 46 | 38 | 37 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,388 | 1,147 | 13,561 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G4 Allegiant Air | 289 | 21% | 76.1% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 270 | 19% | 68.9% | 21.0 min | 1.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 269 | 19% | 88.8% | -8.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 117 | 8% | 84.6% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 112 | 8% | 87.5% | -8.6 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 105 | 8% | 75.2% | 6.3 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 95 | 7% | 72.6% | 8.7 min | 4.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 70 | 5% | 68.6% | 17.9 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 52 | 4% | 96.2% | -17.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 9 | 1% | 88.9% | -9.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYS–ATL | Knoxville to Atlanta | 237 | 86.1% | -6.4 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–CLT | Knoxville to Charlotte | 153 | 68.6% | 24.3 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–ORD | Knoxville to Chicago | 151 | 78.8% | 8.7 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–LGA | Knoxville to New York | 146 | 80.8% | -0.5 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DFW | Knoxville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 122 | 72.1% | 8.7 min | 3.3% |
| TYS–DCA | Knoxville to Washington | 79 | 63.3% | 27.1 min | 2.5% |
| TYS–DEN | Knoxville to Denver | 75 | 94.7% | -15.6 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–SFB | Knoxville to Sanford | 67 | 76.1% | 10.9 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DTW | Knoxville to Detroit | 49 | 95.9% | -16.1 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–FLL | Knoxville to Fort Lauderdale | 42 | 71.4% | 11.0 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–PIE | Knoxville to St. Petersburg | 42 | 69.0% | 10.7 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–MIA | Knoxville to Miami | 33 | 78.8% | 14.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TYS on time in December 2024?
80.0% of 1,388 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 87.9% of 1,147 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 80.0% and 0.5% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.