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Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (TRI) delays & on-time performance

Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, Tennessee · 5 nonstop destinations · 5 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at TRI right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
31 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
100 min when late
Departed on time
78%
avg taxi-out 13 min

Figures cover 1,483 departures from TRI; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into TRI were on time 78% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (TRI) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
  • 2.1% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (45%).
  • Departures scheduled around 5am did best (92% on time); around 3pm did worst (53%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (41%).

Most delayed routes from TRI

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 5 routes from TRI →

Most reliable routes from TRI

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at TRI

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Delta Air Lines87%1.5%16 min1396
Envoy Air85%2.2%15 min2677
PSA Airlines80%8.1%36 min199
SkyWest Airlines71%0.0%32 min1124
Allegiant Air45%1.1%43 min2187

Best time to fly out of TRI

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am92%51 flts
  • 6am91%251 flts
  • 7am87%295 flts
  • 10am89%53 flts
  • 12pm88%41 flts
  • 1pm71%74 flts
  • 3pm53%120 flts
  • 4pm80%300 flts
  • 5pm69%155 flts
  • 7pm66%47 flts

Monthly trend

60%80%100%July 2025: 71.6% on time, 0.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 70.8% on time, 0.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 84.4% on time, 0.6% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 78.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 85.0% on time, 1.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 83.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 77.8% on time, 10.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 74.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 88.0% on time, 2.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.3% on time, 1.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 75.7% on time, 1.7% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 80.6% on time, 7.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 74.0% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft41%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)38%
  • Extreme weather13%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion9%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.