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Route Reliability

Knoxville → Charlotte

TYSCLT · 176 miles · McGhee Tyson Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
2,747
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 2,747 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TYS–CLT flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

TYS–CLT flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 78%.

Trending in the right direction.

TYS–CLT flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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
  • Mon80%(387 flights)
  • Tue86%(359 flights)
  • Wed89%(373 flights)
  • Thu80%(397 flights)
  • Fri84%(391 flights)
  • Sat81%(375 flights)
  • Sun78%(405 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM91%(252 flights)
  • 6–9 AM82%(520 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(513 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(496 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(638 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(268 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 70% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%203
July 202577%211
August 202581%217
September 202585%233
October 202589%253
November 202585%228
December 202577%233
January 202679%214
February 202678%189
March 202687%225
April 202690%236
May 202686%245

Based on 2,747 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.