PlainFlights

Airport · TRI · Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, Tennessee

Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN (TRI) ranks #184 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

85.9%
On-time
Top 24%
on-time, US airports
82 min
Delay when late
0.81%
Cancelled
#184 of 382
Corpus placement
View watchlist

Get TRI on-time updates (RSS)

Tools for TRI

Compare TRI to another hub, filter routes, or browse airline stats without leaving this profile.

Airport lookup

Compare airports

Route finder

Airline & season filters

TRI on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%85.9%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 173,282.

Late Aircraft 36.4% (63,132 min)
Carrier 43.5% (75,450 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 11.6% (20,161 min)
Weather 8.4% (14,508 min)
Security 0.0% (31 min)

TRI - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (94.6%) · worst: June (89.9%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 92.3%

TRI - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 95.2% 87.8% ▼ -7.8%

TRI - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 13.4 min · taxi-in 4.8 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 15.5 min 16 min ▲ +3.2%

TRI's average taxi-out (13.4 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (December 2024, 17.4 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN.

Cancellation Rate

0.81%

226 of 27,896 flights

Diversion Rate

0.09%

25 of 27,896 flights

Delay Rate

14.1%

3,941 of 27,896 flights

Top Routes from TRI

Busiest routes to and from Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN.

Filter routes

Route Flights On-Time Distance
TRI (Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport) → ATL (Atlanta) 7,870 88.6% 227 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → TRI (Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport) 7,869 88.6% 227 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → TRI (Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport) 3,256 82.7% 868 mi
TRI (Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 3,256 84.3% 868 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → TRI (Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport) 1,433 86.5% 119 mi
TRI (Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport) → CLT (Charlotte) 1,426 85.9% 119 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 85.9%).

Gainesville, FL

Gainesville, FL

85.9% on-time 38,353 flights

Liberal, KS

Liberal, KS

85.9% on-time 7,285 flights

Lewisburg, WV

Lewisburg, WV

85.9% on-time 3,550 flights

Bend/Redmond, OR

Bend/Redmond, OR

86% on-time 75,747 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 27,896).

Ketchikan, AK

Ketchikan, AK

27,238 flights 84.3% on-time

Hilton Head, SC

Hilton Head, SC

27,234 flights 83.5% on-time

Hayden, CO

Hayden, CO

27,069 flights 79.7% on-time

Minot, ND

Minot, ND

29,078 flights 84.8% on-time

Other Airports in Tennessee

Compare performance with other Tennessee airports.

BNA 80.8%

Nashville, TN

Nashville · 1,046,597 flights
MEM 81.3%

Memphis, TN

Memphis · 251,985 flights
TYS 81.9%

Knoxville, TN

Knoxville · 157,494 flights
CHA 83.6%

Chattanooga, TN

Chattanooga · 66,136 flights

TRI delay-share reading

The standout signal at Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN is the delay mix: Carrier owns 43.5% of 173,282 delay minutes across 27,896 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 85.9% (6.9 pts above the 79% national average), with 3,941 delayed and 226 cancelled (0.81%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (36.4% late-aircraft, 43.5% carrier, 11.6% NAS, 8.4% weather, 0.0% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, TRI is strongest in November (94.6% on-time) and weakest in June (89.9%), a 4.7-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~438 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 88.6% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Tennessee: Tennessee flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Using TRI's data

TRI's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from TRI before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 13.4 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.