The flight time from Denver to Knoxville is 2 hours, 50 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DEN Denver, CO 2 minutes early.
22 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 20 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives TYS Knoxville, TN 1 minute early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
79%
Frontier
79%
Allegiant
66%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Denver to Knoxville is 2 hours, 50 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 20 minutes.

The flight distance from Denver to Knoxville is 1162 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Knoxville to Denver
3 hours, 24 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Frontier
2h 38m
Allegiant
2h 39m
United
2h 54m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

17

Distance

1162 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0123

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
13
Frontier
2
Allegiant
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Denver from Knoxville by plane?

The distance from Denver to Knoxville by plane is 1162 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Denver to Knoxville?

The flight time from Denver to Knoxville is 2 hours, 50 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 20 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Frontier being the fastest taking 2 hours, 38 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 54 minutes.

What airlines fly from Denver to Knoxville?

Allegiant, Frontier, and United are the airlines with direct flights from Denver to Knoxville.

Does Southwest fly from Denver to Knoxville?

Southwest does not fly from Denver (DEN) to Knoxville (TYS). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Denver 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 22 minutes
In the Air 140 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Knoxville 1 minute early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Denver to Knoxville, Frontier is 79% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 79% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Frontier 79% 21% 0%
United 79% 21% 0%
Allegiant 66% 32% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Denver and Knoxville, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Frontier 16 134 6 158
Allegiant 15 137 5 159
United 23 142 5 174

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
5pm 0.98
1pm 0.01
8am 0.09
6pm 0.16
9am 0.15
10am 0.89
3pm 0.04
6am 0.01
2pm 0.01
5am 0.02
11am 0.03
7am 0.01
4pm 0.1

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Denver to Knoxville that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 71
February 68
March 76
April 64
May 69
June 83
July 84
August 82
September 81
October 86
November 76
December 77

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Denver to Knoxville that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 3
Tuesday 2
Wednesday 2.62
Thursday 2.46
Friday 2.98
Saturday 2.04
Sunday 2.54

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
United 0
Frontier 0
Allegiant 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
5pm 23 141 5 174
1pm 17 142 7 164
8am 15 140 6 161
6pm 21 136 5 160
9am 20 134 5 163
10am 23 143 5 173
3pm 19 135 5 157
6am 14 130 6 159
2pm 13 130 6 152
5am 23 134 5 166
11am 15 135 6 154
7am 19 125 6 158
4pm 16 136 6 158
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.