Flights Knoxville → Washington
TYS → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Knoxville to Washington has a 70% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 40.7 minutes when flights are not on time. This popular route serves the bustling Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which opened in 1938 and handles over 25 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) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 364 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 35 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.77%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 34.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Knoxville (TYS) to Washington (DCA) heads north-east for about 702 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Knoxville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of TYS-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 364 tracked TYS-DCA flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 35 min and a 5.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about TYS-DCA
On the Knoxville (TYS) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 35 minutes, based on 364 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Knoxville-Washington is 5.77% across 364 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
