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Route Reliability

Orlando → Knoxville

MCOTYS · 532 miles · Orlando International Airport to McGhee Tyson Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
208
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Allegiant Air71% on time · 120 flights
  • Southwest Airlines76% on time · 88 flights

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

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

MCO–TYS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 71% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

MCO–TYS flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays and just 67% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

MCO–TYS flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon67%(63 flights)
  • Tue92%(12 flights)
  • Wed68%(25 flights)
  • Thu69%(13 flights)
  • Fri77%(65 flights)
  • Sat75%(16 flights)
  • Sun77%(13 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(27 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(14 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(9 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(142 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(8 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(7 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 69% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%13
July 202580%10
October 202564%11
March 202679%42
April 202680%39
May 202670%40

Based on 208 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.