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Route Reliability

Knoxville → Atlanta

TYS–ATL · 152 miles · McGhee Tyson Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
2,890
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines85% on time · 2,889 flights
  • Frontier Airlines0% on time · 1 flights

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

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TYS–ATL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 80% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 87% on time on Wednesdays against 83% on Sundays.

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
  • Mon86%(426 flights)
  • Tue84%(392 flights)
  • Wed87%(388 flights)
  • Thu86%(426 flights)
  • Fri84%(426 flights)
  • Sat84%(341 flights)
  • Sun83%(425 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(330 flights)
  • 6–9 AM82%(684 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(511 flights)
  • 12–3 PM88%(475 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(559 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(265 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 72% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%232
July 202576%250
August 202588%248
September 202591%239
October 202590%256
November 202584%226
December 202582%239
January 202689%203
February 202689%208
March 202682%231
April 202687%239
May 202686%253

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Based on 2,890 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.