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Route Reliability

Denver → Knoxville

DENTYS · 1,162 miles · Denver International Airport to McGhee Tyson Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
938
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines80%126 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines78%729 flights

Not enough history to rank: Allegiant Air (67 flights), Southwest Airlines (16 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–TYS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 66% between 3–6 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

DEN–TYS flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 72%.

Not much between Frontier Airlines and United Airlines.

On this route they all land within 78% to 80% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Slipping a little lately.

DEN–TYS flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(134 flights)
  • Tue82%(108 flights)
  • Wed81%(106 flights)
  • Thu72%(166 flights)
  • Fri74%(126 flights)
  • Sat75%(111 flights)
  • Sun77%(182 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(29 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(458 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(54 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(391 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 62% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%78
July 202552%79
August 202553%81
September 202582%81
October 202586%88
November 202594%78
December 202585%85
January 202684%69
February 202688%64
March 202679%71
April 202681%75
May 202680%84

Based on 938 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.