Direct Flights from New York to Knoxville
Knoxville · Tennessee
Nonstop service from LGA and EWR to TYS on Allegiant, Delta. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
New York has 2 airports with nonstop service to Knoxville. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗LGATYSLaGuardia
- Find flights ↗EWRTYSNewark Liberty International
How rare is this nonstop?
28 cities have a nonstop to Knoxville, New York among them.
How long to go to Knoxville for, from New York
1h 50m in the air, 647 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Knoxville. Two nights works.
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 New York
8° warmer than New York on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Knoxville 48°F · New York 40°F · 8° warmer
- April
- Knoxville 71°F · New York 59°F · 12° warmer
- July
- Knoxville 88°F · New York 84°F · 4° warmer
- October
- Knoxville 71°F · New York 65°F · 6° warmer
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 New York to Knoxville?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from New York (LGA, EWR) to Knoxville (TYS) on Allegiant, Delta.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from New York to Knoxville?
- Allegiant, Delta fly nonstop between New York (LGA, EWR) and Knoxville (TYS).
- Which New York airport has nonstop flights to Knoxville?
- You can leave from 2 New York airports: LGA (LaGuardia) on Delta; EWR (Newark Liberty International) on Allegiant.
- How many nonstop flights are there from New York to Knoxville?
- There are about 3 nonstop departures per day (roughly 21 per week) from New York to Knoxville.
- How far is Knoxville from New York?
- Knoxville is about 647 miles from New York 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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