Direct Flights from Knoxville to Gulf Shores
Gulf Shores · Alabama
Nonstop service from TYS to GUF on Allegiant. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 14 cities have a nonstop to Gulf Shores, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to Gulf Shores for, from Knoxville
1h 20m in the air, 437 miles: short enough that a single night in Gulf Shores is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
The schedule narrows it further. This route does not fly daily, so assuming the return runs the same days, your trip is 3 or 4 nights — or a full week. Worth checking before you book time off.
About Gulf Shores
Gulf Shores is a city in Alabama on the Gulf Coast. It has beautiful white sand beaches, but is quieter and cheaper than the Florida beaches nearby.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Gulf Shores
- USS Alabama, hull number BB-60, is a retired battleship. She was the fourth and final member of the South Dakota class of fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1940s during World War II.
- USS Massachusetts was an Indiana-class, pre-dreadnought battleship and the second United States Navy ship comparable to foreign battleships of its time.
- USS Drum (SS-228) is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named after the drum, a type of fish. Drum is a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama, at Battleship Memorial Park.
- Battleship Memorial Park is a military history park and museum on the western shore of Mobile Bay in Mobile, Alabama.
- Fort Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States.
- The National Naval Aviation Museum, formerly known as the National Museum of Naval Aviation and the Naval Aviation Museum, is a military and aerospace museum located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, US.
- The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic cathedral in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The cathedral is the seat of the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mobile.
- Fort Charlotte, Mobile is a partially-reconstructed 18th-century fort in Mobile, Alabama.
- Bellingrath Gardens and Home is the 65-acre (26 ha) public garden and historic home of Walter and Bessie Bellingrath, located on the Fowl River near Mobile, Alabama, United States.
- The Pensacola Museum of Art (PMA) is an art museum located in downtown Pensacola, Florida. PMA is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
- Blakeley is a ghost town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. During the height of its existence, Blakeley was a thriving town which flourished as a competitor to its western neighbor, Mobile.
- The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, is the seat of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. It shares this distinction with the Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Tallahassee.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Gulf Shores weather, compared with Knoxville
7° warmer than Knoxville on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Gulf Shores 61°F · Knoxville 48°F · 13° warmer
- April
- Gulf Shores 75°F · Knoxville 71°F · 4° warmer
- July
- Gulf Shores 89°F · Knoxville 88°F · much the same
- October
- Gulf Shores 79°F · Knoxville 71°F · 8° warmer
Gulf Shores is the steadier of the two, moving 28° between its coldest and warmest months where Knoxville moves 40°.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Gulf Shores
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Gulf Shores is October–April, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–79°F.
- How long to stay
- Gulf Shores rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from USS Alabama (BB-60), USS Massachusetts (BB-2), and USS Drum (SS-228) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Knoxville to Gulf Shores?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Knoxville (TYS) to Gulf Shores (GUF) on Allegiant.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Knoxville to Gulf Shores?
- Allegiant flies nonstop between Knoxville (TYS) and Gulf Shores (GUF).
- How far is Gulf Shores from Knoxville?
- Gulf Shores is about 437 miles from Knoxville by air.
- How many days can I spend in Gulf Shores flying from Knoxville?
- Because this route doesn't operate daily, your trip is effectively 3 or 4 nights — or a full week — assuming the return flies the same days as the outbound.
- What is there to do in Gulf Shores?
- Popular things to do include USS Alabama (BB-60), USS Massachusetts (BB-2), USS Drum (SS-228), Battleship Memorial Park, and more.
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