Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN

What the Data Says About TRI

Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN in Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, Tennessee handled 27,896 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 85.9% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 3,941 experienced delays, 226 were cancelled, and 25 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 0.81%, the diversion rate to 0.09%, and the average delay when departures run late is 82.0 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing TRI against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at TRI, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 43.5% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 36.4% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 11.6%. Weather contributes 8.4% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.0%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, November runs the cleanest at TRI with a 94.6% on-time rate, while June is the roughest at 89.9% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in October, when average flights hit 438. The busiest route from TRI is to ATL (Atlanta), with 7,870 flights at a 88.6% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 85.9% on-time, 82.0-minute average delay, 0.81% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN.