Flights Washington → Knoxville
DCA → TYS
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Knoxville has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 66%, with an average delay time of 38.5 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 258 flights on this route, connecting passengers from Washington's historic airport, which opened in 1938, to Knoxville, a city that sees nearly 1.8 million passengers annually at its airport.
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 Washington (DCA) → Knoxville (TYS) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 364 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 34 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.12%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 30.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Knoxville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Knoxville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Knoxville (TYS) heads south-west for about 702 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 35% of DCA-TYS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Knoxville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 364 tracked DCA-TYS flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 34 min and a 4.1% 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 DCA-TYS
On the Washington (DCA) -> Knoxville (TYS) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 34 minutes, based on 364 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Knoxville is 4.12% 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.
