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Airport month · October 2025
McGhee Tyson in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,277 domestic departures from McGhee Tyson (TYS). 76.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.8% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so TYS departures were 3.2 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,691 departures with 86.9% leaving on time: a change of −10.1 points, with flights down 24%.
Flights arriving at TYS that month were on time 73.7% of the time (1,278 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 73.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.7%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | TYS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.8% | 86.9% | 76.3% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 73.8% | 87.6% | 75.1% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2.1% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.3 min | 8.4 min | 22.0 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 43 | 56 | 37 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,277 | 1,691 | 13,561 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G4 Allegiant Air | 358 | 28% | 66.8% | 14.7 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 250 | 20% | 66.4% | 26.9 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 181 | 14% | 92.8% | -12.8 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 176 | 14% | 73.9% | 15.0 min | 2.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 118 | 9% | 77.1% | 16.5 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 85 | 7% | 81.2% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 57 | 4% | 84.2% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 35 | 3% | 62.9% | 20.7 min | 2.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 17 | 1% | 58.8% | 10.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYS–ORD | Knoxville to Chicago | 234 | 66.2% | 27.9 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–ATL | Knoxville to Atlanta | 181 | 92.8% | -12.8 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DFW | Knoxville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 154 | 70.8% | 13.1 min | 2.6% |
| TYS–CLT | Knoxville to Charlotte | 89 | 83.1% | 11.9 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DCA | Knoxville to Washington | 88 | 72.7% | 13.3 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–DEN | Knoxville to Denver | 88 | 79.5% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–SFB | Knoxville to Sanford | 57 | 68.4% | 12.4 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–FLL | Knoxville to Fort Lauderdale | 46 | 30.4% | 55.7 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–PIE | Knoxville to St. Petersburg | 44 | 54.5% | 23.6 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–LGA | Knoxville to New York | 31 | 58.1% | 25.0 min | 3.2% |
| TYS–MIA | Knoxville to Miami | 31 | 93.5% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–PHL | Knoxville to Philadelphia | 31 | 80.6% | 21.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TYS on time in October 2025?
76.8% of 1,277 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 86.9% of 1,691 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 76.8% and 0.4% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.