The flight time from Knoxville to New York is 1 hour, 54 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves TYS Knoxville, TN 5 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 31 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LGA New York, NY 17 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
88%
American
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Knoxville to New York is 1 hour, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 31 minutes.

The flight distance from Knoxville to New York is 647 Miles.

Reverse Journey

New York to Knoxville
2 hours, 8 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
1h 54m
American
1h 56m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

21

Distance

647 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun01234

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
17
American
4

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Knoxville from New York by plane?

The distance from Knoxville to New York by plane is 647 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Knoxville to New York?

The flight time from Knoxville to New York is 1 hour, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 31 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 1 hour, 54 minutes, and American the slowest taking 1 hour, 56 minutes.

What airlines fly from Knoxville to New York?

Delta and American are the airlines with direct flights from Knoxville to New York.

Does Southwest fly from Knoxville to New York?

Southwest does not fly from Knoxville (TYS) to New York (LGA). 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 Knoxville 5 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 91 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives New York 17 minutes 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 Knoxville to New York, American is 80% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 88% 9% 3%
American 80% 13% 7%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Knoxville and New York, 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)
Delta 14 91 7 114
American 14 93 7 116

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
12pm 0.3
2pm 0.06
6pm 0.45
6am 0.64
1pm 0.05
7pm 0.12
8am 0.01
7am 0.02
10am 0.03
3pm 0.1
5pm 0.46
11am 0.5
4pm 0.21
9am 0.02

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Knoxville to New York 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 62
February 72
March 81
April 74
May 108
June 105
July 108
August 112
September 104
October 111
November 103
December 87

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Knoxville to New York 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 3.5
Tuesday 3.5
Wednesday 3.52
Thursday 3.48
Friday 3.52
Saturday 1.52
Sunday 2.63

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
Delta 0
American 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)
12pm 15 92 7 116
2pm 13 89 7 113
6pm 14 94 7 117
6am 13 89 7 113
1pm 14 92 6 113
7pm 14 90 8 114
8am 13 91 5 110
7am 28 92 7 129
10am 12 85 5 102
3pm 14 88 7 111
5pm 14 92 8 118
11am 14 90 7 113
4pm 14 91 8 114
9am 13 88 6 111
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.