Flights Knoxville → Detroit
TYS → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Knoxville to Detroit has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay of 9.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 221 flights, connecting a smaller city to one of the busiest airports in the United States, which handles nearly 28 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 Knoxville (TYS) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 252 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.19%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Knoxville (TYS) to Detroit (DTW) heads north for about 714 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from Knoxville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of TYS-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 252 tracked TYS-DTW flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 8 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 TYS-DTW
On the Knoxville (TYS) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 252 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Knoxville-Detroit 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.
