OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Knoxville to Charlotte

177 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on TYS–CLT arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.6%of scheduled flights

based on 779 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • PSA Airlinesbest
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights561
  • American Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights218

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline40%
  • Weather10%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Late aircraft43%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline10%
  • Weather80%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 20 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 → CLT

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 56% to 83% on time.

  • Middays83% on time · p90 25 min · 1,078 flights
  • Mornings82% on time · p90 25 min · 2,303 flights
  • Afternoons77% on time · p90 45 min · 955 flights
  • Overnights66% on time · p90 50 min · 403 flights
  • Evenings56% on time · p90 85 min · 855 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 80% on time.

  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 795 flights
  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 738 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 749 flights
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 825 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 45 min · 824 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 50 min · 831 flights
  • Sundays74% on time · p90 50 min · 832 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.