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Route Reliability

Knoxville → Minneapolis

TYS–MSP · 792 miles · McGhee Tyson Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
89%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
500
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines89% on time · 479 flights
  • Allegiant Air76% on time · 21 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.

TYS–MSP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 75% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

TYS–MSP flights arrived on time 97% of the time on Thursdays. On Mondays: 84%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(86 flights)
  • Tue89%(63 flights)
  • Wed89%(64 flights)
  • Thu97%(73 flights)
  • Fri88%(82 flights)
  • Sat88%(51 flights)
  • Sun88%(74 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(363 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(20 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(100 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 76% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%54
July 202581%62
August 202585%60
September 202596%47
October 2025100%48
November 202595%42
December 202590%31
January 202683%30
February 2026100%28
March 202687%30
April 202693%30
May 202690%31

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Based on 500 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.