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Airport month · March 2026
McGhee Tyson in March 2026
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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,119 domestic departures from McGhee Tyson (TYS). 76.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.8% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so TYS departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,170 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at TYS that month were on time 69.9% of the time (1,121 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 74.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.8%
- Cancelled 2.7%
- Diverted 0.7%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | TYS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.2% | 80.0% | 76.3% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 74.8% | 80.1% | 75.1% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 2.7% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 24.1 min | 17.9 min | 22.0 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 37 | 39 | 37 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,119 | 1,170 | 13,561 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G4 Allegiant Air | 298 | 27% | 75.8% | 9.2 min | 1.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 264 | 24% | 60.6% | 35.1 min | 7.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 133 | 12% | 84.2% | -5.1 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 124 | 11% | 79.0% | 12.9 min | 0.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 114 | 10% | 80.7% | -6.1 min | 1.8% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 61 | 5% | 68.9% | 28.8 min | 3.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 61 | 5% | 83.6% | -2.6 min | 1.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 55 | 5% | 89.1% | -3.4 min | 1.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 9 | 1% | 77.8% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYS–ORD | Knoxville to Chicago | 149 | 52.3% | 45.4 min | 9.4% |
| TYS–DFW | Knoxville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 148 | 81.1% | 7.2 min | 1.4% |
| TYS–ATL | Knoxville to Atlanta | 114 | 80.7% | -6.1 min | 1.8% |
| TYS–DCA | Knoxville to Washington | 89 | 52.8% | 53.5 min | 6.7% |
| TYS–CLT | Knoxville to Charlotte | 86 | 83.7% | 2.3 min | 2.3% |
| TYS–DEN | Knoxville to Denver | 71 | 88.7% | -8.1 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–SFB | Knoxville to Sanford | 59 | 76.3% | 1.9 min | 1.7% |
| TYS–PIE | Knoxville to St. Petersburg | 58 | 82.8% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–BNA | Knoxville to Nashville | 53 | 79.2% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| TYS–FLL | Knoxville to Fort Lauderdale | 52 | 55.8% | 29.9 min | 1.9% |
| TYS–MCO | Knoxville to Orlando | 43 | 83.7% | -2.4 min | 4.7% |
| TYS–MIA | Knoxville to Miami | 31 | 87.1% | 11.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TYS on time in March 2026?
76.2% of 1,119 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 80.0% of 1,170 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 76.2% and 2.7% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2026; 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.