Live flights over McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 309 departures and 324 arrivals at McGhee Tyson Airport, 317 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Charlotte (CLT), Atlanta (ATL) and Chicago (ORD). The airline seen most often is PSA Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- TYS
- ICAO code
- KTYS
- City
- Knoxville/Maryville
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 299 m (981 ft)
- Coordinates
- 35.811, -83.994
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of McGhee Tyson Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Knoxville/Maryville.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 178 | 190 | 368 |
| Sat 24 | 131 | 134 | 265 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Charlotte CLT 33 flights
- Atlanta ATL 32 flights
- Chicago ORD 29 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 19 flights
- Philadelphia PHL 16 flights
- Nashville BNA 12 flights
- Houston IAH 12 flights
- Detroit DTW 11 flights
- Dulles IAD 11 flights
- New York LGA 11 flights
- Washington DCA 10 flights
- Denver DEN 8 flights
- Newark EWR 8 flights
- Orlando SFB 8 flights
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 7 flights
- Orlando MCO 6 flights
34 more connections
- Miami MIA 6
- Pinellas Park PIE 6
- Austin AUS 5
- Baltimore BWI 5
- Dallas DAL 5
- Minneapolis MSP 5
- Columbia CAE 4
- Chicago MDW 4
- Memphis MEM 4
- Louisville SDF 4
- Punta Gorda PGD 3
- Teterboro TEB 3
- Birmingham BHM 2
- Boston BOS 2
- Charleston CHS 2
- Greensboro GSO 2
- Hilton Head Island HHH 2
- Indianapolis IND 2
- Las Vegas LAS 2
- Albuquerque ABQ 1
- Alexandria AEX 1
- Augusta AGS 1
- Bedford BED 1
- Beaver BKW 1
- Columbus CMH 1
- Panama City Beach ECP 1
- Houston HOU 1
- Huntington HTS 1
- Wilmington ILM 1
- Lexington LEX 1
- Cincinnati LUK 1
- Pittsburgh PIT 1
- Roanoke ROA 1
- Fort Myers RSW 1
Airlines
- PSA AirlinesJIA 49
- Allegiant AirAAY 48
- Endeavor AirEDV 38
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 28
- Delta Air LinesDAL 22
- American AirlinesAAL 17
- Mesa AirlinesASH 16
- Piedmont AirlinesPDT 16
- United AirlinesUAL 16
- NetJetsEJA 14
Aircraft
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 62
- Airbus A320 A320 50
- CRJ7 45
- E75L 32
- S22T 27
- SR22 27
- SF50 26
- Boeing 737-700 B737 20
- Pilatus PC-12 PC12 18
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 16
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of McGhee Tyson Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/35.811/lon/-83.994/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Knoxville/Maryville right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over McGhee Tyson Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Knoxville/Maryville: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of TYS, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from McGhee Tyson Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were PSA Airlines, Allegiant Air, Endeavor Air, Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
What are the main connections from McGhee Tyson Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Charlotte (CLT, 33), Atlanta (ATL, 32), Chicago (ORD, 29), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW, 19) and Philadelphia (PHL, 16). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Knoxville/Maryville? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for McGhee Tyson Airport? +
McGhee Tyson Airport has IATA code TYS and ICAO code KTYS. It lies in Tennessee, United States, at coordinates 35.811, -83.994.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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