Route Reliability
Chicago → Knoxville
MDW–TYS · 459 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to McGhee Tyson Airport
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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 70%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 39 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0%
- Cancelled
- 57
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Allegiant Air is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 57 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The 12–3 PM departure wins.
MDW–TYS flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 74% of the time, versus 64% between 6–9 PM.
Mondays have been rough.
MDW–TYS flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Fridays and just 62% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon62%(26 flights)
- Tue—(0 flights)
- Wed—(1 flights)
- Thu—(2 flights)
- Fri80%(25 flights)
- Sat—(0 flights)
- Sun—(3 flights)
- 12–3 PM74%(38 flights)
- 3–6 PM—(8 flights)
- 6–9 PM64%(11 flights)
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 57 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.