TYS — McGhee Tyson Airport
- IATA code
- TYS
- ICAO code
- KTYS
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 3,692,530
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 103
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−5 / UTC−4
- America/New_York
- Elevation
- 299 m
- 981 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,048 m
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About TYS
McGhee Tyson Airport is a large airport serving Knoxville, United States. It opened in 1927. 3,692,530 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 103 nonstop routes from TYS.
Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from TYS
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| TYS → ATL | 244 km | 556,764 |
| TYS → DFW | 1,242 km | 417,397 |
| TYS → ORD | 764 km | 299,987 |
| TYS → CLT | 285 km | 274,810 |
| TYS → DEN | 1,870 km | 219,908 |
| TYS → SFB | 822 km | 192,087 |
| TYS → PIE | 885 km | 153,998 |
| TYS → FLL | 1,140 km | 147,097 |
| TYS → IAD | 675 km | 128,597 |
| TYS → IAH | 1,242 km | 127,114 |
| TYS → LGA | 1,042 km | 114,810 |
| TYS → DTW | 713 km | 109,304 |
| TYS → DCA | 703 km | 96,551 |
| TYS → PHL | 892 km | 94,261 |
| TYS → MIA | 1,165 km | 66,897 |
| TYS → MCO | 857 km | 66,275 |
| TYS → BNA | 245 km | 64,655 |
| TYS → MSP | 1,274 km | 64,028 |
| TYS → PGD | 1,004 km | 63,670 |
| TYS → EWR | 1,015 km | 46,540 |
| TYS → BOS | 1,336 km | 44,824 |
| TYS → PHX | 2,574 km | 39,752 |
| TYS → DAL | 1,227 km | 37,184 |
| TYS → LAS | 2,799 km | 37,039 |
| TYS → VPS | 636 km | 32,253 |
| TYS → BWI | 747 km | 30,517 |
| TYS → SRQ | 943 km | 27,324 |
| TYS → JAX | 628 km | 26,931 |
| TYS → AUS | 1,419 km | 22,279 |
| TYS → EYW | 1,266 km | 20,762 |
| TYS → MDW | 739 km | 16,570 |
| TYS → HOU | 1,258 km | 16,197 |
| TYS → HVN | 1,141 km | 13,417 |
| TYS → MEM | 550 km | 5,789 |
| TYS → SBN | 685 km | 1,927 |
| TYS → TPA | 880 km | 1,646 |
| TYS → BLV | 601 km | 1,108 |
| TYS → OKC | 1,233 km | 1,008 |
| TYS → CHA | 140 km | 580 |
| TYS → CMH | 475 km | 458 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at TYS
- 9E Endeavor Air · 7,002 flights
- G4 Allegiant Air · 6,648 flights
- OH PSA Airlines · 5,759 flights
- PT Piedmont Airlines · 5,010 flights
- C5 CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir · 4,437 flights
- DL Delta Air Lines · 3,443 flights
- AA American Airlines · 3,156 flights
- OO SkyWest Airlines · 2,598 flights
- WN Southwest Airlines · 1,654 flights
- MQ Envoy Air · 1,442 flights
- UA United Air Lines · 1,351 flights
- G7 GoJet Airlines · 1,056 flights
- YV Mesa Airlines · 717 flights
- YX Republic Airline · 408 flights
- F9 Frontier Airlines · 268 flights
- XP TEM Enterprises dba Avelo Airlines · 116 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 78%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 2.1%
- Departures counted
- 13,535
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| AVL | Asheville Regional Airport | 138 km |
| CHA | Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) | 139 km |
| TRI | Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport | 160 km |
| GSP | Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport | 190 km |
| PDK | DeKalb Peachtree Airport | 217 km |
Distance from TYS to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05L/23R | 3,048 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 05R/23L | 2,743 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Knoxville/Maryville, Tennessee, United States · 35.8110, -83.9940
Questions
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