Flights Knoxville → New York
TYS → LGA
Route overview
The flight route from Knoxville to New York operates with an Embraer RJ140 aircraft and has a total of 238 flights annually. With an on-time performance rate of 81%, these flights experience an average delay of just 7 minutes, serving the high-traffic destination airport that handles over 29 million passengers per year.
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) → New York (LGA) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 334 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 8.98%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Knoxville (TYS) to New York (LGA) heads north-east for about 1,041 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 43m.
Departures from Knoxville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of TYS-LGA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 334 tracked TYS-LGA flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 9.0% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about TYS-LGA
On the Knoxville (TYS) -> New York (LGA) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 334 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Knoxville-New York is 8.98% across 334 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
