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United Airlines TYS to ORD on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Knoxville to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
87%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
86 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 5
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on TYS to ORD arrived on time 87% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.9% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (55%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 96.6% on time, 6.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 96.6% on time, 6.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 93.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 88.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25January 2026: 79.2% on time, 7.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 88.9% on time, 3.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 81.8% on time, 2.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 76.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 90.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion55%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)19%
  • Late-arriving aircraft14%
  • Extreme weather11%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on TYS to ORD

Full TYS to ORD comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →

312 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 cancelled, 1 diverted.

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.