DFW to TRI flight delays
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN (TRI) · 868 miles
707 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.26%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.55%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
56 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
10 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 25.5 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.55% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from DFW overall run 12.1 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion DFW has, this route is largely escaping it.
Only Envoy Air flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Envoy Air arrived on time most often on DFW to TRI. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in June.
Every airline on DFW to TRI
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 666 | 84.36% | 1.8% | 53 min | B |
| PSA Airlines | 41 | 62.86% | 14.63% | 78 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Dallas/Fort Worth
Common questions
Are flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport usually delayed?
83.26% of flights on the DFW to TRI route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Dallas/Fort Worth to Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport?
Only Envoy Air appears in the published record on this route, with 666 flights and 84.36% arriving on time.
How often are DFW to TRI flights cancelled?
2.55% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 26 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Dallas/Fort Worth to Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport?
March, when 93.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 67.9%.
When DFW to TRI flights are late, how late are they?
About 56 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DFW to TRI during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →