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Airport month · February 2025
McGhee Tyson in February 2025
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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 912 domestic departures from McGhee Tyson (TYS). 76.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 3.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so TYS departures were 2.8 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 1,040 departures with 90.5% leaving on time: a change of −14.1 points, with flights down 12%.
Flights arriving at TYS that month were on time 68.0% of the time (913 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 73.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.2%
- Cancelled 3.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | TYS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.4% | 90.5% | 76.3% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 73.2% | 88.9% | 75.1% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 3.3% | 0.2% | 2.1% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.1 min | 5.7 min | 22.0 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 30 | 35 | 37 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 912 | 1,040 | 13,561 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 246 | 27% | 61.4% | 26.1 min | 7.7% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 198 | 22% | 72.7% | 7.9 min | 0.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 118 | 13% | 77.1% | 4.7 min | 4.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 91 | 10% | 75.8% | 3.3 min | 3.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 83 | 9% | 69.9% | 13.1 min | 1.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 82 | 9% | 84.1% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 75 | 8% | 89.3% | -13.6 min | 1.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 16 | 2% | 100.0% | -13.9 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 3 | 0% | 100.0% | -15.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYS–CLT | Knoxville to Charlotte | 156 | 70.5% | 22.2 min | 4.5% |
| TYS–DFW | Knoxville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 105 | 76.2% | 4.2 min | 2.9% |
| TYS–ORD | Knoxville to Chicago | 93 | 82.8% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DCA | Knoxville to Washington | 81 | 42.0% | 39.9 min | 12.3% |
| TYS–ATL | Knoxville to Atlanta | 75 | 89.3% | -13.6 min | 1.3% |
| TYS–LGA | Knoxville to New York | 72 | 73.6% | 8.1 min | 5.6% |
| TYS–DEN | Knoxville to Denver | 67 | 86.6% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–SFB | Knoxville to Sanford | 47 | 72.3% | 12.0 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–MIA | Knoxville to Miami | 44 | 68.2% | 12.5 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–PIE | Knoxville to St. Petersburg | 40 | 57.5% | 12.4 min | 2.5% |
| TYS–FLL | Knoxville to Fort Lauderdale | 33 | 81.8% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–PHL | Knoxville to Philadelphia | 29 | 72.4% | -3.8 min | 13.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TYS on time in February 2025?
76.4% of 912 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 90.5% of 1,040 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 76.4% and 3.3% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.