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Route Reliability

Washington → Knoxville

IADTYS · 420 miles · Washington Dulles International Airport to McGhee Tyson Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
1,359
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines77% on time · 1,265 flights
  • Allegiant Air84% on time · 94 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IAD–TYS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

IAD–TYS flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Mondays. On Sundays: 71%.

Ticking up lately.

IAD–TYS flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon84%(201 flights)
  • Tue82%(176 flights)
  • Wed81%(178 flights)
  • Thu77%(197 flights)
  • Fri74%(199 flights)
  • Sat75%(180 flights)
  • Sun71%(205 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(140 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(217 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(377 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(192 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(228 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM72%(182 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 59% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%128
July 202568%127
August 202575%127
September 202591%111
October 202581%107
November 202582%125
December 202562%115
January 202683%93
February 202688%91
March 202683%101
April 202694%99
May 202675%112

Based on 1,359 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.