Route Reliability
Nashville → Knoxville
BNA–TYS · 152 miles · Nashville International Airport to McGhee Tyson Airport
88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 3 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.6%
- Cancelled
- 176
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 176 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
BNA–TYS flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 69% between 6–9 PM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
BNA–TYS flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays and just 73% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon87%(23 flights)
- Tue92%(24 flights)
- Wed83%(24 flights)
- Thu73%(26 flights)
- Fri73%(26 flights)
- Sat81%(26 flights)
- Sun89%(26 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM94%(87 flights)
- 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
- 3–6 PM72%(25 flights)
- 6–9 PM69%(62 flights)
76%
May
Mar 81% → May 76% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 81% | 53 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 60 |
| May 2026 | 76% | 62 |
Keep nerding
Based on 176 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.