Flights Knoxville → Fort Lauderdale
TYS → FLL
Route overview
The flight route from Knoxville to Fort Lauderdale has a 67% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 18.8 minutes when flights are not on time. This route sees approximately 123 total flights, serving the highly trafficked destination airport in Fort Lauderdale, which handles over 31 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) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route is operated by Allegiant Air. Across 152 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.32%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fort Lauderdale: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Knoxville (TYS) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) heads south for about 1,143 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 51m.
Departures from Knoxville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of TYS-FLL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Lauderdale it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 152 tracked TYS-FLL flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air (G4) | 78% | 11 min | 2.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about TYS-FLL
On the Knoxville (TYS) -> Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 152 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Knoxville-Fort Lauderdale is 1.32% across 152 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Allegiant Air.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Fort Lauderdale, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
