OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Knoxville to Atlanta

152 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on TYS–ATL arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,722 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time84%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights1,722

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft51%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline64%
  • Weather36%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 39 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly TYS → ATL

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 82% to 89% on time.

  • Middays89% on time · p90 10 min · 1,711 flights
  • Mornings89% on time · p90 10 min · 2,234 flights
  • Afternoons86% on time · p90 25 min · 1,353 flights
  • Evenings82% on time · p90 35 min · 1,061 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 85% to 90% on time.

  • Thursdays90% on time · p90 15 min · 981 flights
  • Wednesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 892 flights
  • Tuesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 891 flights
  • Saturdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 720 flights
  • Mondays86% on time · p90 20 min · 976 flights
  • Fridays86% on time · p90 30 min · 983 flights
  • Sundays85% on time · p90 20 min · 971 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.