Flights Detroit → Knoxville
DTW → TYS
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Knoxville has a punctuality rate of 72%, with an average delay of 15.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 221 flights operate on this route, serving the relatively busy Knoxville airport which handles nearly 1.83 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Detroit (DTW) → Knoxville (TYS) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 252 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.19%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Knoxville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Knoxville (TYS) heads south for about 714 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 46% of DTW-TYS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Knoxville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 252 tracked DTW-TYS flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about DTW-TYS
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Knoxville (TYS) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 252 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Knoxville is 1.19% across 252 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
