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Route Reliability

New York → Knoxville

LGA–TYS · 647 miles · LaGuardia Airport to McGhee Tyson Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
5.7%
Cancelled
1,260
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines80%288 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines73%972 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LGA–TYS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–TYS flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Saturdays and just 72% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 73%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.7% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon74%(187 flights)
  • Tue74%(193 flights)
  • Wed75%(189 flights)
  • Thu73%(184 flights)
  • Fri73%(187 flights)
  • Sat89%(74 flights)
  • Sun72%(174 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(212 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(257 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(364 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(5 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(332 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(18 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 68% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%146
July 202572%145
August 202582%156
September 202588%116
October 202562%113
November 202576%78
December 202557%69
January 202687%67
February 202692%65
March 202670%71
April 202669%81
May 202672%81

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,260 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.