Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 5% of the time at 8 am and 2 times in 5 at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MCO	TYS	1h 48m	77%	0.0%	149	Flying now
Allegiant	MCO	TYS	1h 55m	61%	0.9%	115	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Knoxville on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	MCO 06:15 → CLT 08:04AA 461	3h 07m Charlotte	CLT 11:11 → TYS 12:34AA 5953 · flown by Piedmont	6h 19m	100%	90%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	2h 13m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → TYS 11:09DL 1743	4h 54m	99%	88%
American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	2h 30m Charlotte	CLT 09:15 → TYS 10:38AA 5950 · flown by Piedmont	5h 38m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 37m Atlanta	ATL 08:39 → TYS 09:38DL 1290	4h 08m	97%	85%
United Details →	MCO 08:55 → IAD 11:14UA 276	1h 36m Dulles	IAD 12:50 → TYS 14:27UA 6110 · flown by Mesa	5h 32m	99%	81%
American Details →	MCO 10:03 → CLT 11:54AA 2084	2h 30m Charlotte	CLT 14:24 → TYS 15:42AA 5831 · flown by Piedmont	5h 39m	99%	81%
United Details →	MCO 11:57 → IAH 13:29UA 1493	1h 16m Houston	IAH 14:45 → TYS 18:07UA 6211 · flown by Mesa	6h 10m	95%	81%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:35 → BNA 08:35WN 550	1h 37m Nashville	BNA 10:12 → TYS 12:02WN 4206	4h 27m	100%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 11:40 → CLT 13:31AA 2073	53m Charlotte	CLT 14:24 → TYS 15:42AA 5831 · flown by Piedmont	4h 02m	64%	53%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	47m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:34 → TYS 21:59AA 5453 · flown by PSA	6h 14m	31%	21%
American Details →	MCO 19:40 → MIA 20:57AA 2147	48m Miami	MIA 21:45 → TYS 23:59AA 2716	4h 19m	32%	14%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

CLT · 1h 18m · leaves 08:00 2%

DFW · 1h 19m · leaves 06:30 7%

ORD · 1h 14m · leaves 06:30 7%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 47m · leaves 15:32 62%

MIA · 48m · leaves 19:40 68%

DFW · 47m · leaves 15:45 69%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


Frontier F9 1446 MCO 09:38 → CLT American AA 5831 CLT 14:24 → TYS Connection details →	2h 50m	6h 04m	97%	79%
Southwest WN 2591 MCO 08:00 → ATL Delta DL 4724 ATL 12:17 → TYS Connection details →	2h 42m	5h 19m	98%	78%
Frontier F9 4017 MCO 05:40 → DFW American AA 2873 DFW 09:48 → TYS Connection details →	2h 09m	7h 16m	93%	73%

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Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON