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$128 Find cheap flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville

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Cheap flight deals from Santa Ana to Knoxville (SNA-TYS)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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12:00 pm - 11:57 pmSNA-TYS
8h 57m1 stop
8:45 am - 1:12 pmTYS-SNA
7h 27m1 stop
$288Delta
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dom., ago. 25 - dom., sep. 1
9:15 pm - 8:41 amSNA-TYS
8h 26m1 stop
6:00 am - 9:55 amTYS-SNA
6h 55m1 stop
$291American Airlines
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sáb., jun. 1 - sáb., jun. 8
6:45 pm - 9:30 pmSNA-TYS
23h 45m1 stop
10:41 pm - 8:06 pmTYS-SNA
24h 25m1 stop
$292Frontier
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jue., jun. 6 - lun., jun. 10
12:00 pm - 10:11 pmSNA-TYS
7h 11m1 stop
12:14 pm - 8:14 pmTYS-SNA
11h 00m2 stops
$293Delta
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mié., jun. 5 - vie., jun. 14
9:30 pm - 9:20 amSNA-TYS
8h 50m1 stop
5:35 am - 10:44 amTYS-SNA
8h 09m1 stop
$298Delta
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dom., ago. 25 - vie., ago. 30
7:52 pm - 6:47 pmSNA-TYS
19h 55m1 stop
10:41 pm - 8:06 pmTYS-SNA
24h 25m1 stop
$302Frontier
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mar., jun. 4 - lun., jun. 10
9:30 pm - 12:02 pmSNA-TYS
11h 32m2 stops
5:35 am - 10:44 amTYS-SNA
8h 09m1 stop
$303Delta
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lun., ago. 26 - vie., ago. 30
7:25 pm - 8:36 amSNA-TYS
10h 11m2 stops
2:53 pm - 8:23 pmTYS-SNA
8h 30m1 stop
$316American Airlines
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dom., ago. 25 - dom., sep. 1
10:10 am - 8:10 pmSNA-TYS
7h 00m1 stop
4:37 pm - 9:11 pmTYS-SNA
7h 34m1 stop
$578United Airlines
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mar., jun. 4 - sáb., jun. 8
12:00 pm - 11:28 pmSNA-TYS
8h 28m1 stop
4:37 pm - 9:11 pmTYS-SNA
7h 34m1 stop
$648United Airlines
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sáb., jun. 1 - sáb., jun. 8

Flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Santa Ana to Knoxville?

The average price of all flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Santa Ana to Knoxville, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Santa Ana, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Santa Ana to Knoxville?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville is April, where tickets cost $387 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, where the average cost of tickets is $667 and $590 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Santa Ana to Knoxville?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Santa Ana to Knoxville, you should book around 1 day before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 59 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The best deals for a one-way ticket found by KAYAK users over the last 3 days were on Frontier ($128) and American Airlines ($269). The cheapest round-trip tickets were found on Delta ($288) and American Airlines ($291).

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Low season

February

High season

September

Cheapest flight

$128
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 38% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% lower on average.
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Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Santa Ana to Knoxville based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Knoxville

  • What is the cheapest flight from Santa Ana to Knoxville?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Santa Ana to Knoxville was $128 for a one-way ticket and $288 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Santa Ana and Knoxville?

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from Santa Ana to Knoxville. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Santa Ana to Knoxville?

    On your way to Knoxville, you’ll fly out from Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty. You’ll be landing at Knoxville McGhee Tyson.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Knoxville?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Knoxville?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Santa Ana and Knoxville, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville, Delta or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $469 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $614 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Knoxville?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Knoxville.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Knoxville?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Knoxville from John Wayne (Santa Ana) is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Knoxville?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Knoxville with an airline and back to John Wayne (Santa Ana) with another airline. Booking your flights between John Wayne (Santa Ana) and TYS can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Knoxville?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Knoxville from John Wayne (Santa Ana) up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 3 airlines serving from Santa Ana to Knoxville

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Santa Ana to Knoxville. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 10818 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.6Crew
8.0Entertainment
7.4Food
8.2Boarding
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Very frustrated with boarding gate crew. She announced the plane was small and they would be limiting us to one item to carry on. Not a problem for me as I understand the tiny planes have limited space!! Not the case here! It was a rather large plane and had plenty of room for bags! So because I don’t want to be one of “those people” who ignores the request to check a carry on I did so asking if I would be able to pick it up at the bottom of the ramp on arrival in Knoxville to which she responded “yes”! Then I watched as every other passenger held onto their 2 items and boarded!! Then when we arrived in Knoxville our 2 carry ons had been put with all the other luggage and we had to go to baggage pick up and wait for all the big checked bags to come off the carousel! So she lied!! Frustrating. Next time I won’t be so nice!

8.0 ExcellentCynthia, May 2024ATL - TYS
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Very frustrated with boarding gate crew. She announced the plane was small and they would be limiting us to one item to carry on. Not a problem for me as I understand the tiny planes have limited space!! Not the case here! It was a rather large plane and had plenty of room for bags! So because I don’t want to be one of “those people” who ignores the request to check a carry on I did so asking if I would be able to pick it up at the bottom of the ramp on arrival in Knoxville to which she responded “yes”! Then I watched as every other passenger held onto their 2 items and boarded!! Then when we arrived in Knoxville our 2 carry ons had been put with all the other luggage and we had to go to baggage pick up and wait for all the big checked bags to come off the carousel! So she lied!! Frustrating. Next time I won’t be so nice!

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Plane was late because of a mechanical malfunction and the food listed as available was not. Flight attendants seem over worked and under paid. They just done seem happy. And that can be seen in their faces.

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight

Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska

Flight was great. DELTA did a fantastic job! ATL was busy, as usual!

Like most domestic flights in the US, you are basically on your own with this airline when it comes to food, so be sure to purchase meals and drinks ahead of time or expect to arrive starving and dehydrated (like I was).

I paid $380 for my one-way ticket from California to Minnesota. The fair did not include online check-in. I received instructions from their app to check in at a kiosk. At the kiosk, the boarding pass would not print until an actual person came to verify that I had a personal item and not a carry-on item, On the plane, the person next to me was drunk and allowed to continue to order alcohol. United is garbage I’d rather fly spirit.

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

Terrible! The plane was old and you are required to connect your own device to their Wi-Fi rather than have entertainment options in the back of the seat in front of you. The Wi-Fi went out during the flight and there was only one plug for the devices every two seats. Three out of five surrounding my family did not work. The seats and spaces under them were so small I could not fit my backpack, which I’ve always brought on flights and fit before no problem. The crew were unpleasant and patronizing.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Awful. I got stuck next to a person carrying a dog and behind someone with a dog. People need to board these dogs downstairs. The cabin is crowded enough with your pets

Packed in like sardines, very uncomfortable. Sitting the aisle my shoulder was rammed into numerous times by rushing flight attendants. Also flight was very cold.

the head jack on my seat didn't work and the power outlet didn't work for my seat

Left 2 hours later for delayed I had to take care a kid with special need since people don’t want to move to accommodate the rest of the family. . It wasn’t bad but that made me upset that people can be that selfish.

Horrible - they lied to me about baggage & boarding, even though I specifically spoke to their agents the day before my flight about my issue. When I showed up they did not let me board and stranded me at my airport until I bought a new flight with money I did not have to spend.

The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent

Comfort of seats, ease of boarding. Food selection could be better

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Crew were attentive and friendly. Flight was smooth and early! I enjoyed the less crowded plane. Thank you!

We are gluten free, there were not any available complimentary gluten free options.

Same basket of unhealthy prepackaged snacks (junk food) which was depleted by the time it got to my row!!

No meal on a cross country flight? SFO-MiA is pretty much the definition of a coast to coast flight. No meal provided. Sky high wi-fi rates too. Stop nickel and diming your customers.

The staff was unprofessional and didn’t communicate very well. The boarding process was very disheveled, potentially due to a power outage the previous day but there was no contingency plan to properly get passengers boarded the following day. Once boarded the aircraft stayed on the tarmac for over 45 minutes due to high winds. The communication was sporadic but an announcement was finally made an additional 30 minutes later that the flight was cancelled but we couldn’t get off the plane. Prior to deplaning one of the gate agents came on the plane and made an announcement for everyone to pickup their checked bags and take a card to rebook a new reservation because they didn’t have adequate staff. Flights were missed, passengers went to different airports and there was little to no assistance from AA.

Apart from the delay due to unforeseen circumstances. The leg from sjc to dfw was fine. It was the leg from dfw to orf that we encountered issues mainly due to the flight attendant crew not being friendly. We had two small children and we needed some assistance to warm up milk so the baby would sleep. The crew just didn’t get it and made things very difficult. One made a remark that the baby’s dirty diaper smell was a “gift” to the plane in a rude way. Normally I’d brush that off as a funny comment if the rest of the trip the attendants were helpful or understanding of the difficulty we faced. But that wasn’t the case. We were met with rudeness on the second leg. Whereas on the first leg the crew were so nice and helpful.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Santa Ana to Knoxville found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/16jue.
1 stopFrontier
28h 50mSNA-TYS
$128
6/13jue.
2 stops
25h 28mSNA-TYS
$179
5/26dom.
2 stops
21h 58mSNA-TYS
$186
6/12mié.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
6h 30mSNA-TYS
$269
5/25sáb.
2 stopsDelta
12h 51mSNA-TYS
$274
5/12dom.
2 stopsAllegiant Air
20h 35mSNA-TYS
$286
5/25sáb.
1 stopUnited Airlines
10h 50mSNA-TYS
$299
5/25sáb.
2 stopsUnited Airlines
13h 59mSNA-TYS
$328
5/24vie.
1 stopDelta
7h 11mSNA-TYS
$389
6/12mié.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
11h 19mSNA-TYS
$394

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Last minute flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Santa Ana to Knoxville that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/11sáb.
multi-stopDelta
5h 53mSNA-TYS
5/15mié.
multi-stopDelta
8h 22mTYS-SNA
$418
5/11sáb.
multi-stopDelta
5h 53mSNA-TYS
5/15mié.
multi-stopDelta
8h 22mTYS-SNA
$453
5/11sáb.
multi-stopDelta
13h 51mSNA-TYS
5/15mié.
multi-stopDelta
8h 22mTYS-SNA
$458
5/11sáb.
multi-stopDelta
13h 51mSNA-TYS
5/15mié.
multi-stopDelta
8h 22mTYS-SNA
$473
5/11sáb.
multi-stopDelta
10h 46mSNA-TYS
5/15mié.
multi-stopDelta
13h 38mTYS-SNA
$573
5/11sáb.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 10mSNA-TYS
5/15mié.
multi-stopUnited Airlines
14h 52mTYS-SNA
$696

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Santa Ana - Knoxville Flights

Departure:

John Wayne (Santa Ana) (SNA)United States

Destination:

Knoxville (TYS)United States

Return flight deals:

Knoxville - John Wayne (Santa Ana)

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