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Direct Flights from Minneapolis to Knoxville

Knoxville · Tennessee

Nonstop service from MSP to TYS on Allegiant, Delta. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.

Airlines
Allegiant, Delta
Allegiant flies this route May to August
Nonstop flights
~1/day
Distance
792 mi
Flight time
~2h 5mgate to gate
Elevation
981 ftabout the same as home
Days operated
Daily (all week)
Great-circle flight path from Minneapolis (MSP) to Knoxville (TYS), 792 miles nonstop.MSPTYS

How rare is this nonstop?

28 cities have a nonstop to Knoxville, Minneapolis among them.

How long to go to Knoxville for, from Minneapolis

2h 5m in the air, 792 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Knoxville. Two nights works.

About Knoxville

Description: The Sunsphere, built for the World's Fair, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Source: self-made Photographer: J.Glover with a HP Photosmart 612 on October 02, 2004. The Sunspher
Photo by No machine-readable author provided. JGlover assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 2.5

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

  1. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a national park of the United States in the southeast, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee.
  2. Dollywood is a theme park that is jointly owned by Herschend and country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton through her entertainment company, Dolly Parton Productions.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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…
  6. 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…
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Alcatraz East is a privately owned for-profit crime museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
  11. Cove Lake State Park is a state park in Campbell County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.
  12. 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 Minneapolis

14° warmer than Minneapolis on average across the year, on daytime highs:

January
Knoxville 48°F · Minneapolis 24°F · 25° warmer
April
Knoxville 71°F · Minneapolis 57°F · 14° warmer
July
Knoxville 88°F · Minneapolis 83°F · 5° warmer
October
Knoxville 71°F · Minneapolis 58°F · 13° warmer

Knoxville is the steadier of the two, moving 40° between its coldest and warmest months where Minneapolis moves 60°.

Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.

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 Minneapolis to Knoxville?
Yes — you can fly nonstop from Minneapolis (MSP) to Knoxville (TYS) on Allegiant, Delta.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Minneapolis to Knoxville?
Allegiant, Delta fly nonstop between Minneapolis (MSP) and Knoxville (TYS). Allegiant flies it May to August only.
How many nonstop flights are there from Minneapolis to Knoxville?
There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Minneapolis to Knoxville.
How far is Knoxville from Minneapolis?
Knoxville is about 792 miles from Minneapolis by air.
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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