Direct Flights from Memphis to Knoxville
Knoxville · Tennessee
Nonstop service from MEM to TYS on Allegiant. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
28 cities have a nonstop to Knoxville, Memphis among them.
How long to go to Knoxville for, from Memphis
1h 10m in the air, 341 miles: short enough that a single night in Knoxville 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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 nights — or a full week. Worth checking before you book time off.
Note that this route only operates September to December, so the trip has to fit that window.
About Knoxville
Knoxville, in Knox County, is the third-largest city in Tennessee. It is the home of the University of Tennessee's primary campus (UTK) and site of the 1982 World's Fair.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Knoxville
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a national park of the United States in the southeast, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee.
- Dollywood is a theme park that is jointly owned by Herschend and country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton through her entertainment company, Dolly Parton Productions.
- The Sunsphere is a 266-foot (81 m) tall hexagonal steel truss structure located in World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.
- Zoo Knoxville, formerly known as the Knoxville Zoo or Knoxville Zoological Gardens, is a 53-acre (21 ha) zoo located just east of downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, near exit 392 off Interstate 40.
- The Museum of Appalachia, located in Norris, Tennessee, 20 miles (32 km) north of Knoxville, is a living history museum that interprets the pioneer and early 20th-century period of the Southern Appalachian region of the…
- The American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE) is a science museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, designed to teach children and adults about energy, especially nuclear power, and to document the role Oak Ridge played in the…
- The Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is a cathedral and parish church located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It is the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Knoxville.
- Bussell Island, formerly Lenoir Island, is an island located at the mouth of the Little Tennessee River, at its confluence with the Tennessee River in Loudon County, near the U.S. city of Lenoir City, Tennessee.
- Tanasi was a historic Overhill settlements site in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The village became the namesake for the state of Tennessee.
- Alcatraz East is a privately owned for-profit crime museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
- Cove Lake State Park is a state park in Campbell County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.
- St. John's Cathedral located at 413 Cumberland Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee, is the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Knoxville weather, compared with Memphis
Within 3° of Memphis on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Knoxville 48°F · Memphis 51°F · 3° colder
- April
- Knoxville 71°F · Memphis 73°F · 2° colder
- July
- Knoxville 88°F · Memphis 92°F · 3° colder
- October
- Knoxville 71°F · Memphis 75°F · 3° colder
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Knoxville
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Knoxville is March–May and October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–79°F.
- How long to stay
- Knoxville rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Dollywood, and Sunsphere and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Memphis to Knoxville?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Memphis (MEM) to Knoxville (TYS) on Allegiant.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Memphis to Knoxville?
- Allegiant flies nonstop between Memphis (MEM) and Knoxville (TYS). Allegiant flies it September to December only.
- How far is Knoxville from Memphis?
- Knoxville is about 341 miles from Memphis by air.
- How many days can I spend in Knoxville flying from Memphis?
- Because this route doesn't operate daily, your trip is effectively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 nights — or a full week — assuming the return flies the same days as the outbound.
- What is there to do in Knoxville?
- Popular things to do include Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Dollywood, Sunsphere, Zoo Knoxville, and more.
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