Flights Knoxville → St. Petersburg
TYS → PIE
Route overview
The flight route from Knoxville to St. Petersburg operates with an average of 139 flights and maintains a high on-time performance rate of 86%. Each flight typically experiences a mean delay of just 5.4 minutes, making it relatively punctual. The destination airport serves over 1.8 million passengers annually, indicating significant traffic, while the Airbus A320 aircraft is used consistently for this route.
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) → St. Petersburg (PIE) route is operated by Allegiant Air. Across 164 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Petersburg the average ATFM delay is 3.5 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to St. Petersburg: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Knoxville (TYS) to St. Petersburg (PIE) heads south for about 887 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 32m.
Departures from Knoxville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of TYS-PIE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into St. Petersburg it is 3.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 164 tracked TYS-PIE flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 0.0% 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-PIE
On the Knoxville (TYS) -> St. Petersburg (PIE) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 164 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Knoxville-St. Petersburg is 0.00% across 164 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Allegiant Air.
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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.
