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GBD to TYS: distance & flight time
Great Bend (Great Bend Municipal Airport) → Knoxville (McGhee Tyson Airport)
837 mi
1,347 km · 727 nm
2h 17m
estimated nonstop flight time
+1h
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
837 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 17m gate to gate, flying east. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 1-hour time gain when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- GBD — Great Bend Municipal Airport · Great Bend, United States
- TYS — McGhee Tyson Airport · Knoxville, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near GBD
- RSL · Russell Municipal Airport37 mi away
- HYS · Hays Regional Airport41 mi away
- PTT · Pratt Regional Airport45 mi away
- HUT · Hutchinson Municipal Airport58 mi away
Near TYS
- MMI · McMinn County Airport43 mi away
- HDI · Hardwick Field62 mi away
- CSV · Crossville Memorial Whitson Field62 mi away
- AVL · Asheville Regional Airport86 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is GBD from TYS?
The flight distance from Great Bend (GBD) to Knoxville (TYS) is 837 miles (1,347 km, 727 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from GBD to TYS?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 17m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
Are there nonstop flights from GBD to TYS?
Nonstop service on GBD–TYS depends on the season and the day of week. Run the fare search on this page with the nonstop filter applied to see current direct options; when there is no nonstop, a single connection through a carrier hub adds roughly 2–4 hours to the 2h 17m nonstop estimate.
What is the time difference between Great Bend and Knoxville?
Knoxville is 1 hour ahead of Great Bend.
What is the cheapest way to fly from GBD to TYS?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on GBD–TYS that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some GBD to TYS fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain GBD–TYS tickets below the price airlines permit us to publish online, so those fares can only be quoted over the phone. Call the travel desk and an agent will check phone-only inventory for your dates.