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Route Reliability

Knoxville → Houston

TYSIAH · 771 miles · McGhee Tyson Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
1,397
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 1,397 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

TYS–IAH flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 72% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

TYS–IAH flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 78%.

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
  • Mon79%(197 flights)
  • Tue85%(192 flights)
  • Wed85%(197 flights)
  • Thu80%(197 flights)
  • Fri78%(202 flights)
  • Sat84%(184 flights)
  • Sun81%(201 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(355 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(518 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(154 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(343 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 69% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%118
July 202581%120
August 202579%120
September 202592%114
October 202582%124
November 202582%119
December 202575%118
January 202685%103
February 202690%106
March 202683%117
April 202689%119
May 202674%92

Based on 1,397 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.