DFW to TYS flight delays
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) Knoxville, TN (TYS) · 772 miles
1,721 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
71.59%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.54%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
75 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
22 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.54% 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.
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 24.4 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.
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Knoxville run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
The 2 airlines here are separated by under 4 points — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on DFW to TYS. American Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in June.
Every airline on DFW to TYS
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 1,349 | 69.78% | 3.93% | 70 min | F |
| PSA Airlines | 279 | 73.72% | 1.79% | 105 min | D |
| Envoy Air | 88 | 91.95% | 1.14% | 28 min | — |
| SkyWest Airlines | 5 | 66.67% | 40% | 30 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 Knoxville usually delayed?
71.59% of flights on the DFW to TYS route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Dallas/Fort Worth to Knoxville?
PSA Airlines, at 73.72% on time across 279 flights. The least punctual on the route was American Airlines at 69.78%.
How often are DFW to TYS flights cancelled?
3.54% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 35 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 Knoxville?
February, when 81.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 57.1%.
When DFW to TYS flights are late, how late are they?
About 75 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 TYS 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 →