Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Knoxville → Dallas-Fort Worth via Washington: arrives on time 39%

  1. 11:18 TYS → 13:00 DCA
    AA 5647 · American, flown by PSA · 1h 44m · 68% on time, 2.9% cancelled
  2. 47m layover in Washington (DCA) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 13:47 DCA → 16:14 DFW
    AA 1177 · American · 3h 27m · 78% on time, 2.5% cancelled

Total trip 5h 56m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Knoxville). Times are local. Both flew on 54 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection53%The first flight arrived more than 2 minutes late on 47% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 47m layover.
Arrives on time39%First flight not cancelled (2.9% are) × connection made (53%) × second flight not cancelled (2.5% are) and within 15 minutes (78%).
Total trip5h 56mTYS 11:18 to DFW 16:14, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.