Flights Knoxville → Newark
TYS → EWR
Route overview
The flight route from Knoxville to Newark boasts a high on-time performance rate of 92%, with an average arrival five minutes ahead of schedule. Serving the bustling Newark Liberty International Airport, which opened in 2001 and handles nearly 43.4 million passengers annually, this route sees around 25 flights 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) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 36 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.78%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Knoxville (TYS) to Newark (EWR) heads north-east for about 1,014 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 41m.
Departures from Knoxville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of TYS-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 36 tracked TYS-EWR flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 2 min and a 2.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about TYS-EWR
On the Knoxville (TYS) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 2 minutes, based on 36 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Knoxville-Newark is 2.78% across 36 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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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.
