SMF - TYS

$196 Find Cheap Flights from Sacramento to Knoxville

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Sacramento to Knoxville, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest round-trip
$355
Typical prices: $604-$399
American Airlines
Tue 10/6Tue 10/13
SMF - TYS • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$196
Typical prices: $339-$389
American Airlines
Fri 7/3
SMF - TYS • 1 stop
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Cheapest • from $355 (round-trip)
Best reviews • 7.8 score
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There are currently no direct flights between Sacramento and Knoxville. You'll need at least 1 connection.
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Cheapest • Avg $464 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 6h 45m (one-way)
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in advance
Our data shows that travelers who book at least 4 weeks in advance save around 36% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheapest • 26% price drop
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Cheap Flights from Sacramento to Knoxville (SMF-TYS)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Sacramento 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Sacramento to Knoxville

Tue, Oct 6 - Tue, Oct 13
American Airlines Logo
11:00 am - 11:18 pm
SMF
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TYS
9h 18m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:37 pm - 11:32 pm
TYS
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SMF
8h 55m
1 stop
$355American Airlines
Tue, Aug 4 - Tue, Aug 11
United Airlines Logo
11:43 pm - 9:43 am
SMF
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TYS
7h 00m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:07 pm
TYS
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SMF
9h 07m
2 stops
$360United Airlines
Wed, Nov 4 - Mon, Nov 9
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:15 pm - 1:19 pm
SMF
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TYS
15h 04m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:09 pm - 6:32 pm
TYS
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SMF
23h 23m
1 stop
$375Multiple Airlines
Sun, Aug 2 - Mon, Aug 10
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:28 pm - 1:57 pm
SMF
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TYS
16h 29m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:47 pm - 4:11 pm
TYS
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SMF
28h 24m
1 stop
$376Multiple Airlines
Tue, Oct 20 - Thu, Oct 22
Delta Logo
1:40 pm - 11:02 pm
SMF
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TYS
6h 22m
1 stop
Delta Logo
2:30 pm - 6:38 pm
TYS
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SMF
7h 08m
1 stop
$380Delta
Wed, Oct 21 - Fri, Oct 23
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:52 am - 1:11 pm
SMF
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TYS
22h 19m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:49 pm - 7:03 pm
TYS
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SMF
9h 14m
1 stop
$384Multiple Airlines
Mon, Aug 10 - Tue, Aug 18
United Airlines Logo
10:13 am - 10:19 pm
SMF
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TYS
9h 06m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
4:50 pm - 9:00 pm
TYS
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SMF
7h 10m
1 stop
$385United Airlines
Wed, Oct 21 - Mon, Oct 26
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:15 pm - 8:39 pm
SMF
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TYS
22h 24m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:42 pm - 6:32 pm
TYS
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SMF
23h 50m
1 stop
$386Multiple Airlines
Wed, Oct 21 - Sun, Oct 25
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:15 pm - 8:39 pm
SMF
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TYS
22h 24m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 6:20 pm
TYS
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SMF
14h 50m
2 stops
$395Multiple Airlines
Wed, Oct 21 - Fri, Oct 23
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:15 pm - 1:11 pm
SMF
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TYS
14h 56m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:49 pm - 7:03 pm
TYS
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SMF
9h 14m
1 stop
$397Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Sacramento to Knoxville flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Knoxville departing in October.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Knoxville is February, where tickets cost $367 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and May, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $626 and $598 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Knoxville, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 36% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 15 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$196
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 26% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 20% increase in price.
Flight from Sacramento to Knoxville

When to book flights from Sacramento to Knoxville

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

  • Are there any airlines on this route that offer options for unaccompanied minors to travel?

    Several airlines operating flights from SMF to TYS offer services for unaccompanied minors. Consider Southwest Airlines, which allows children aged 5 to 11 to travel independently on this route. The airlines' dedicated ground staff will check in the child before handing them to the trained cabin crew members. Your children will also enjoy priority check-in, boarding, security screening, and disembarkation to guarantee a smooth travel experience.

  • Which airline flies sustainably from Sacramento to Knoxville?

    Several flight options are available for environmental conservatives traveling to Knoxville from Sacramento. United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, and Hawaiian Airlines offer the most sustainable flights to Knoxville from Sacramento. American Airlines, for example, recycles an average of 21,000 lbs of aluminum cans through their flight services. The airline advocates for passenger water bottles that reduce the need for single-use plastics.

  • Are there layover options for flights from Sacramento to Knoxville?

    Most connecting flights from Sacramento to Knoxville have one stop. American Airlines offers connecting flights to Knoxville via Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). Denver International Airport (DEN) serves as a hub for United Airlines. On the other hand, Delta Air Lines have a layover in Atlanta at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).

  • Which airline should your family use when flying to Knoxville from Sacramento?

    American Airlines offers multiple family-friendly amenities to guarantee a seamless flight for your family. The airline has efficient kid-friendly flights across this route. Passengers can leverage the children's seats beside their parents with no extra charges. Consider pre-selecting seats to ensure you sit together as a family during the flight. Kids can have fun with the stickers, pencils, and games available on the flights. The unique animated entertainment for kids also offers an alternative to engage your family. In-flight entertainment, kid-friendly meal choices, and complimentary snacks will ease your flight experience.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to Knoxville?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to Knoxville was $178 for a one-way ticket and $355 for a round-trip.

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

    A passport is not required to fly from Sacramento to Knoxville.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to Knoxville?

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Knoxville from Sacramento?

    Dallas is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Sacramento to Knoxville.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sacramento to Knoxville are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $456 and an overall rating of 7.8, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $540 and an overall rating of 7.4.

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Knoxville from Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento with another airline. Booking your flights between Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Knoxville

  • The Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is the main airport serving Sacramento. The airport serves multiple airlines, including American Airlines, Delta, United Airlines, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Frontier, Jet Blue, Horizon, and Hawaiian Airlines. Enjoy more flexibility in finding flights that suit your budget, schedule, and preference.
  • Avoid the long queues and wait times at check-in through online check-ins when flying to Knoxville (TYS) with American Airlines. Online check-in services are available from 24 hours to, at the latest, two hours before your scheduled departure time - complete the check-in from the comfort of your mobile phone.
  • United Airlines has a ticket upgrade solution, allowing you to upgrade your ticket from economy to Business or First Class after completing your booking. At an additional fee, you can enhance your comfort, access high-quality entertainment, enjoy diverse dining options, and have prioritized check-in and boarding.
  • Delta Airlines, the most popular airline for travelers plying this route, allows one piece of hand baggage weighing up to 50 lbs on their Basic Economy, Main Cabin, and Delta Premium Select cabins. Delta One, First, and Business class travelers can bring one piece of hand baggage weighing up to 70 lbs.
  • American Airlines is ideal for anyone traveling with a medical device, wheelchair, or other mobility device. The crew provides pre-boarding, deplaning, and airport support to ease movement for passengers with limited mobility. Extra care from the staff guarantees a smooth flight. They also offer easily-accessible restrooms to such passengers.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Sacramento to Knoxville

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento 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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7.8
DeltaOverall score based on 8406 reviews
7.8Entertainment
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
7.2Food
8.1Boarding
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Be on time? When not on time a circling for over an hour offer more than 1 bag of chips to the passengers? It was a 7 hour flight by the time we got done.

4.0 OkayAndrew, Jun 2026
LAX - JFK
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Be on time? When not on time a circling for over an hour offer more than 1 bag of chips to the passengers? It was a 7 hour flight by the time we got done.

Flight delayed four separate times. I’m now one hour hours late to landing.

Should never have had to go to Detroit from Orlando back to Tennessee!

Checkin was good, fllight ws good. Onlly complaint is lack of foot on 6 hour flight from Seattle to Boston. Snacks were flimsy - chips and cookies. could have offered something more substantial for such a long flight. I know you can buy food in airport but for the price you pay for a ticket, they should step up for the passengers.

Long story short, it was one of the better flight experiences I've had in some time when compared with other airlines.

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

Generally on time departures and arrivals, clean planes, sky miles membership provides great benefits (complimentary upgrades, etc).

N Everything was perfect from boarding to assistance to baggage in Tampa

Loved the crew! Sucks that we went from 1 hour and 8 minute layover to a 3 hour layover. But weather sucks like that.

Fast, lovely scenery, great info on the Delta flight screen about landmarks we were flying over. Great landing!

Service was professional and quick. Premium economy seat was comfortable given the class

The staff was extremely helpful and friendly at all times! They went above and beyond to get us into an earlier flight in San Diego to make our connection in SFO possible, because our original flight did actually not make it! I did so much appreciate the UA team and how they made this possible. We also didn’t have seats together on the long flight to Singapore, but they found us seats together last moment with no additional cost! Nobody sat next to us, so that we were able to sleep! Thanks to UA for improving their service and Underpricer for booking this trip! Please be careful: 1,5 hrs for transfer in San Francisco might not be enough time in the future

Over 2.5 hour maintenance delay on first morning flight with no acknowledgement, compensation or even gesture of good will. Aircraft had overnighted at airport so issue should have been addressed prior to boarding. Over 3.5 hours before first slow and deliberate beverage service.

Horrifying Almost 2 million miles. Bring your own food and drink. One coffee or drink every three hours. Have to order meals on app more than 24 hours ahead Tiny and dirty bathrooms

Flight was delayed but more than 90 minutes. This caused me to miss my available windows for pick-up by a friend. I had to pay $125 for an uber back home from the airport which was an added expense that I had not budgeted for my trip. Staff was friendly.

Seat pitch is horrible especially on the 15 hour flight. Gate crew at SFO was Outstanding. The flight crew was also great.

My service dog and I were asked to deplane just before they closed the door - clearly very last minute they couldn’t find the documentation that I have filled out many many times before that is for flying service animals. I purposely purchase 3seats (a whole row) since he is large and not all passengers want to sit next to a dog on a cross country flight. The plane departed with my husband on it!!! They made me fill out a hard copy of the same form and had to reschedule me on a later flight where they could find 3 seats together!! I’ve done this so many times before - clearly the error was on their part in a technology glitch - but really people - do better!! Very traumatic - and my husband had to wait for us when he landed ….so bad. Poor pup was confused and tired.

Late plane. Only one crew on the ground so we b had to wait for Denver flight to come in, board, and depart. At 78 yrs of age I was not pleased trying to get my connection. What really made me angry was the notification you sent me to hurry up or I would miss my connection. Why tell me to hurry up when you got me in late. It was not a good way of treating customers.

No screens or meal options. Freezing cold. Dirty seats. Left late.

Booked through Kayak Business, had a seat in middle and towards back due to booking rate, not comfortable.

Agency very bad had to cancelled my booking too many changes in the flight changed my flight to 1 week

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.

Our flight from JFK to Madrid was delayed. We had to go from one side of the Madrid airport (Terminal 4s to the far end of terminal 4 - Gate K98) to our gate in less than 30 minutes. Put passport control and security/baggage check and that’s very hard unless you’re Usain Bolt. I called Iberia Airlines and the telephone customer service told me that I was going to have to pay to re-book. Luckily the help desk in the airport (who was dealing with dozens of people from the same JFK-Madrid flight) did not charge us extra to reschedule to a flight 8 hours later. They also gave us a voucher for breakfast and lunch. Glad the actual person at the airport had some actual sense.

Take-off delayed an hour because of a missing flight officer, so,arrived in Charlotte lates causing many passengers to miss connections. Otherwise a very good flight, safe and comfortable, with an excellent professional crew.

The flight from LA to Chicago was smooth and service was very good overall.

Ontario airport boarding was very easy to park and access, is clean and TSA took 10 minutes total. Check-in was a breeze and cruise was very nice.

Left early arrived early..right amount of talking from pilots..of course had to love the biscuit and water!

Boarding gate at LAX was too crowded—two gates next to one another

Flying in the United States with the major airlines has become so underwhelming. A 2-3hr flight in most other parts of the world with the major carriers of the area comes with newer, CLEANER aircraft and significantly better in flight service in terms of both staff attitude and a actual meal service.

On time departure and early arrival. Flight attendant very nice.

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