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Cheapest round-trip
$130
Typical prices: $420-$232
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Cheapest non-stop
$144
Typical prices: $299-$98
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Cheap Flights from Denver to Knoxville (DEN-TYS)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Denver 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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Thu, Jul 23 - Sun, Jul 26
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Thu, Aug 6 - Sun, Aug 9
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Denver to Knoxville flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Denver to Knoxville?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Denver to Knoxville departing in July.

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Denver to Knoxville clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Denver to Knoxville, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Wednesday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Knoxville, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly and Saturday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Denver to Knoxville?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Denver 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 Denver to Knoxville is August, where tickets cost $155 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $387 and $378 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Denver to Knoxville, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Denver to Knoxville, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 42% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Denver to Knoxville

 
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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$61
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 29% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 11% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Denver to Knoxville

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Denver 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 Denver to Knoxville

  • Which is the best way to get to downtown Knoxville from McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)?

    The city center of Knoxville and McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) sit approximately 13.5 miles apart. You can travel there via numerous transportation options such as shuttle services, intercity travel and taxis. Those who want to arrive there quickly should consider taking a taxi, as it will get you there in under 18min.

  • Is there ground transportation between the terminals at Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)?

    TYS has only one, two-level terminal building consisting of the lower level and upper level. The two floors are connected by stairs, making it easier to easily walk from one level to the other.

  • Where can I sleep at Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)?

    After the security checkpoints close, all persons are confined to the landslide area. In this space are padded, armrest-free benches on which you can rest comfortably. Please note that you’ll have to seek clearance again before connecting to your next flight.

  • Are there car rentals at Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)?

    Multiple car rental operators like Alamo, Budget, Avis, and Dollar operate their counters at TYS. Therefore, if you intend to explore the city in a car, you won’t a shortage of options. You can locate these car rental desks at the lower level adjacent to the baggage claim. Book your can in advance online to enjoy special rates.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Denver to Knoxville?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Denver to Knoxville was $61 for a one-way ticket and $125 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

    On your way to Knoxville, you’ll fly out from Denver Intl. You’ll be landing at Knoxville McGhee Tyson.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Denver to Knoxville?

    Delta, and JetBlue offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Denver to Knoxville flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Denver to Knoxville?

    The Airbus A320-100/200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Denver to Knoxville flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Denver to Knoxville?

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

  • On which days can I fly direct from Denver to Knoxville?

    There are nonstop flights from Denver to Knoxville on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Denver to Knoxville, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Denver to Knoxville are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $393 and an overall rating of 7.9, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $274 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Denver 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 Denver to Knoxville.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Denver to Knoxville?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Knoxville from Denver 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 Denver 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 Denver with another airline. Booking your flights between Denver 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 Denver 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 Denver up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Denver to Knoxville

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $98 or less one-way and $160 or less round-trip.
  • Suppose you’re scheduled for an early morning flight via Denver International Airport (DEN). In that case, plan to spend a night in one of the many hotels around this establishment. Typically, such facilities offer courtesy cars to and from the airport, enabling you to be at the terminal in time for your departure. Such hotels include The Westin Denver International Airport.
  • There’s one terminal at Denver International Airport (DEN), the Jeppesen Terminal, connected to three Concourses, A, B, and C. At the terminal are check-in facilities, customs, immigration, security checkpoints, and luggage claims. All three concourses are reserved for departures. The Automated Guideway Transit System facilitates movement between the terminal and the concourses, and it departs every 5-15min.
  • Families departing through Denver International Airport (DEN) should remember that the property caters to the needs of moms and their little ones. There are suites dedicated to lactating and nursing moms to pump and breastfeed in privacy. You can locate them post security in every concourse. Still, the rooms feature comfy seats, power sockets, and sinks.
  • Religious souls keen to have a private moment with their maker before departing from DEN to Knoxville will find a prayer room at this property. This sacred oasis sits in Jeppesen Terminal, Level 6 East, and operates from 4 am to midnight, daily. The suite features an inter-faith chapel and an Islamic Masjid.
  • Those arriving at DEN and who are looking to drop off their cars before leaving from Knoxville will have a wide range of options to choose from. DEN provides various levels of parking such as long-term, short-term, economy, and garage. You can find the Economy parking on the east side of Jeppesen Terminal. Free shuttles run between the two points at a 10min interval.

Prefer to fly direct from Denver to Knoxville?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Denver Intl to Knoxville McGhee Tyson.
Find which airlines fly direct from Denver Intl Airport to Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Denver Intl to Knoxville McGhee Tyson

Monday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Thursday

Allegiant Air,Southwest,United Airlines

Allegiant Air,Southwest, +1 more

Friday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Sunday

Allegiant Air,Southwest,United Airlines

Allegiant Air,Southwest, +1 more

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Direct returns

Knoxville McGhee Tyson to Denver Intl

Monday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Thursday

Allegiant Air,Southwest,United Airlines

Allegiant Air,Southwest, +1 more

Friday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Sunday

Allegiant Air,Southwest,United Airlines

Allegiant Air,Southwest, +1 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Denver to Knoxville

 
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7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4235 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
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Flight was delayed over 3 hours. Planes were dirty. Staff indifferent. And they serve vegan pretzels as snacks.

2.0 MediocreMatthew, Jun 2026
CVG - MDW
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Flight was delayed over 3 hours. Planes were dirty. Staff indifferent. And they serve vegan pretzels as snacks.

It was great. The gate staff were very helpful in Portland when my son forgot his rolling bag and had to go back to get it just in time to make it on the plane. We really appreciate that. Great job!

Airline is not very senior friendly. Flights are late, forcing us to run to the connecting flight. Food is awful. Wish they would go back to pretzels and peanuts. During flight, pressurization isn’t quite right and all of our ears get plugged. Everything is nickel and dime, charging for boarding, seat selection and legroom. While a screen at the desk in the gate area says check your roll on bag now for free due to space limitation, the employee at the desk will not check the bag without a $100 fee. Insane.

Kayak could’ve posted the correct gate number. Almost missed my flight.

Slow boarding, limited food and drink portions. Bad delays and turbulence

there were two flight attendants that were up front...that were the best! They get KUDOs for making my trip only fantastic. Tell them Jeff said that!

OKay. I sat in the back of the plane and it was really loud between babies and little kids, and adults who.like to talk a lot and loudly most of the flight.

Flight coming out of Buffalo was delayed, so we had to be rescheduled on another flight from Baltimore to Phoenix which means we had a long layover and got home 3.5 hours late. Shuttle to parking stopped at 10pm, so we had to pay for an Uber to the parking lot and got charged an extra day of parking since it was after midnight. Not the best experience. Long day!

Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

I don't know why flying out of Sarasota requires two plane changes.

This planes staff was top tier. Everything went great and had a great flight home.

Destroyed my suitcase. Tired of talking about it. Cancelling my unite mileage plus account.

New plane was lovely. Crew customer service is always lax but expected. Kraft on time and arrived safely.

It was a short flight so I was expecting too much

Had a one hour delay due to mechanical issue. I didn’t think I’d be able to make my connecting flight, but they waited for me and greeted me when I arrived to help things run smooth.

O’hsre taxi and deboarding took 40 minutes. Needed 20 minutes extra time between connecting flights to avoid running through terminal.

Was great in general, try to respect time and excuses when slight changes have been made, appreciated!

Really hard landing... as in slammed into the runway then hit the brakes really hard ...

Every staff member was professional, friendly and courteous. The pizza twist was ok. It was warm but too much dough.

Wonderful in-seat entertainment with seatback screens and huge selection of quality movies. The ability to bluetooth connect headphones was amazing.

Seats were very uncomfortable and being charged for snacks and water.........

Allegiant actually impressed me, original inbound flight from PBG was so late they gave us a bird inbound from Des Moines and only left 1h late and gained 40 minutes back in the air. Comfortable flight with no frills but no complaints.

Flight was delayed. Crew was good but hot coffee was not available.

Great. No choice for n/a. No food or entertainment options

No food is available without purchasing it and there is no in-flight entertainment. Both of these are OK because we got an inexpensive flight from Allegiant and, otherwise, our experience was excellent.

just had water and there was plenty of leg & seat room. But then i don't weight 220#s!!

Not totally their fault- screaming kids that had zero parent intervention.

It was cold on the flight. The crew was very pleasant. I didn't order any food. We were delayed due to Captain waiting on maintenance log. He kept us informed though. The flight itself was smooth. I would definitely fly with Allegiant again!

I had a fantastic experience with Allegiant. I had wheelchair assistance and they helped me find my luggage and brought me to my car. Even loaded my luggage. Wonderful service!! Thank you Allegiant!

Superb. Staff great. Great flight. As with other airlines, seating too tight and restrictive.

Flight was delayed by 6 hours... the level of incompetence was truly astounding. I won't be flying American Airlines again. I don't care if AA is direct and there is a layover with another airline, I'll take the layover.

Leave on time. We waited on the plane for hour hours and it was hot and smelly

Two hours delay, probably one hour because they didn’t bring catering and they had to bring water in board. There a change of aircraft. But delays galore at CLT so it must be a CLT and/or AA operation issue. The 1 hr additional delays because nobody could bring 2 packs of water sooner is probably the best example of this airline operates

Flight was delayed 5 hours. Initial reason for delay was 'maintenance' - which makes sense. Then, the additional 2 hours continued to say it was maintenance - when I know EWR had a 2 hour delay. AA did not say that. Additionally, when boarding, there was only one agent at the counter for a long time - until another came to help. After boarding, we had to wait another 45 minutes due to 'no catering'. So while we waited for catering, AA continued to board additional passengers - which seemed odd - and raised questions about what really was going on. I sat in First Class. During the flight, the flight crew allowed a significant number of non-First Class passengers to use the front bathroom - which created a very crowded environment in First Class which was uncomfortable. This also delayed First Class passengers from using the bathroom. Overall, horrible experience.

The Charleston, WV airport was cute. Very good staff and small enough to feel comfortable. The plane had more leg room than bigger planes. Much more comfortable.

Another uncoordinated American experience. Always surprises me at DFW for them of all places. Have to take this flight as there are no other good time options. We knew from the start that something was wrong, but the pilot wouldn't tell us. I just watched my Kayak app grow the delay by 10 minutes as it went to 3.5 hours. They were uncoordinated with maintenance (as maintenance, when finally arriving, knew within 15 minutes the plane wasn't going. No 'sorry' or 'this is what is going on' comment. The pilot seemed unfazed / didn't care about the process we were going through.

The seats. The seat in front of me was awful and when the guy sat down, it flew back and hit my head when I was putting my backpack under the seat, It didn't make for a pleasant experience,

I’ve got 31F seat and window seat . My 2 co passengers was AA crew members and they were very rude attitude and when I was going to use bathroom their gestures was very different and awkward and the guy beside me completely occupied the hand rest and I was really uncomfortable

The gate experience at LAX was abysmal (same for the arrival experience two days prior). Despite the LAX -> SAT schedule of two flights daily, our departure gate was at a smaller hub that we had to be bussed to from Terminal 4. Fortunately, I arrived at LAX extra early and had time to spare, but if I had not known, I might have missed my flight. I looked at the LAX airport map in the AA app and there was no indication of the additional boarding process. Lastly the gate area we were bussed to was crowded with limited food and beverage options. On flight, the fight attendant was hospitable and attentive, the flight was smooth, and AA's free (and working) wifi for AA members were all on the positive side.

It was so much better than expected, Ohare is not such a pleasant experience but American Airlines with the new, clean aeroplane and free Wi-Fi was outstanding and the crew so pleasant and helpful.

There weren't enough employees at check in took awhile to get bags checked. There wasn't a wheel chair for me, I was sent to someone who turns out to work for a different airline, if My flight hadn't been delayed I probably would have missed my flight as it was, by the time I arrived at my gate, they started boarding in about 15 minutes. I don't know who took me to my gate, definitely was not the normal people who take passengers to the gate. I'm guessing she may have been in a management position. I wish I knew her name, she went beyond to help me. With that said everyone was kind, and were doing the best they could. So, I choose to say it was an Adventure, stressful start, but good. In the end went well. The situation was not only difficult for passengers but the employee's.

The staff at the check in counter was so rude. Made you feel Incompetent

Frontier scheduled a 40 minute connection in DEN. What they failed to mention was that they “close the doors” 20 mins prior to departure, which means you only have 20 mins. Not enough time. Possibly against DOT regulations. Filing complaint.

Flight was scheduled at 9:40pm. Got delayed to 10 am, the next day. crazy

The bag check, flight check-in, and onboard experience convinced my wife and me that we will actively go out of our way to avoid flying Frontier Airlines in the future. At bag check, we were informed that check-in could only be completed via the Frontier mobile app. Unfortunately, the app was extremely frustrating—sending us through repetitive, confusing loops that repeatedly forced us to decline add-on services with nearly every click. While most airline apps upsell, this one felt intentionally exhausting. As the process dragged on, we became genuinely concerned that my phone battery would die before check-in could be completed. We approached the bag check staff—who were standing together talking—and explained both our frustration and our predicament. They laughed. Later, my wife described the interaction as “gaslighting,” which felt accurate. We were then informed it would cost $25 per person simply to have our boarding passes printed. From that point forward, the tone of the experience was consistently hostile. The bag check employees were condescending and combative, behaving more like bullies than customer service staff. Unfortunately, that same attitude continued onboard. One flight attendant argued with me when I attempted to stow my backpack in the overhead bin. I explained that we had each paid $75 to check our bags specifically so we would not need to use carry-on space and could have adequate legroom. She demanded to see my ticket, pointed out that it said “no carry-on”—which I acknowledged—and I reiterated that this was precisely why we paid to check our bags. Her response was, “I don’t make the rules.” She then walked away, but not before asking if I “truly wanted to fly back to Chicago today?”—an unnecessary and unmistakable threat. It is also worth noting that despite booking our tickets together in the same transaction, we were not seated together. Upon our return to Chicago—where we could once again sit together—we compared onboard experiences. We both remarked on how unhappy the flight attendants appeared and how each of us was separately asked whether we would like to purchase a beverage. We declined. At no point was water mentioned as an option, leaving us with the clear impression that even water came at a cost—or that complimentary water, if available at all, was deliberately left unmentioned. Overall, the experience was shocking and deeply disappointing, but it was also a profound learning experience—one we will not forget and will not repeat. -Steve

Plane was hot and miserable and the crew was rude!

12 hour delay required getting on and off plane 3 times - would have at least liked to have been offered a snack or drink

They didn’t offer a water, even after I asked

They switched our terminal 3 times and we were delayed for four plus hours!!!

It was an early flight and most people napped/slept and the crew let us which was nice.

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