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Direct Flights from Washington to Knoxville

Knoxville · Tennessee

Nonstop service from IAD, DCA and BWI to TYS on Allegiant, American, Southwest, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.

Airlines
Allegiant, American, Southwest, United
Nonstop flights
~7/dayacross 3 airport pairs
Distance
419 mi
Flight time
~1h 20mgate to gate
Elevation
981 ft669 ft higher than your departure
Days operated
Daily (all week)
Great-circle flight path from Washington (IAD) to Knoxville (TYS), 419 miles nonstop.IADTYS

Which airports fly this route

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  • IADTYSWashington Dulles International
    Allegiant, United~4/dayDaily (all week)419 mi
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  • DCATYSRonald Reagan Washington National
    American~3/dayDaily (all week)436 mi
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  • BWITYSBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
    SouthwestFrequency variesDaily (all week)464 mi
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How rare is this nonstop?

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

How long to go to Knoxville for, from Washington

1h 20m in the air, 419 miles: short enough that a single night in Knoxville is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.

With roughly 7 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.

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 Washington

4° warmer than Washington on average across the year, on daytime highs:

January
Knoxville 48°F · Washington 43°F · 5° warmer
April
Knoxville 71°F · Washington 67°F · 4° warmer
July
Knoxville 88°F · Washington 88°F · much the same
October
Knoxville 71°F · Washington 68°F · 3° 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 Washington to Knoxville?
Yes — you can fly nonstop from Washington (IAD, DCA, BWI) to Knoxville (TYS) on Allegiant, American, Southwest, United.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Washington to Knoxville?
Allegiant, American, Southwest, United fly nonstop between Washington (IAD, DCA, BWI) and Knoxville (TYS).
Which Washington airports have nonstop flights to Knoxville?
You can leave from 3 Washington airports: IAD (Washington Dulles International) on Allegiant, United; DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National) on American; BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) on Southwest.
How many nonstop flights are there from Washington to Knoxville?
There are about 7 nonstop departures per day (roughly 49 per week) from Washington to Knoxville.
How far is Knoxville from Washington?
Knoxville is about 419 miles from Washington 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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