Tampa International Airport (TPA) delays & on-time performance
Tampa, Florida · 60 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at TPA right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
1,202 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
72 min when late
Departed on time
78%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 76,797 departures from TPA; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into TPA were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Tampa International Airport (TPA) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
- 1.6% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- United Airlines was the most punctual airline here (82% on time); Spirit Airlines was the least (74%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (94% on time); around 6pm did worst (63%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
Most delayed routes from TPA
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- PVD · Providence70%467 flts
- MKE · Milwaukee73%472 flts
- BDL · Hartford73%682 flts
- SJU · San Juan73%1,519 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale73%1,421 flts
- ORD · Chicago74%3,200 flts
- LGA · New York74%2,796 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia74%2,651 flts
- DCA · Washington75%2,244 flts
- SEA · Seattle75%975 flts
Most reliable routes from TPA
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SLC · Salt Lake City89%368 flts
- SDF · Louisville86%405 flts
- IAH · Houston85%1,582 flts
- IAD · Washington85%1,305 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles84%1,193 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%3,105 flts
- STL · St. Louis83%1,229 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis82%1,177 flts
- RDU · Raleigh/Durham82%1,290 flts
- BWI · Baltimore82%2,651 flts
Best airline at TPA
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 88% | 0.0% | 9 min | 1 | 25 |
| United Airlines | 82% | 0.8% | 14 min | 8 | 8,625 |
| Delta Air Lines | 81% | 1.7% | 16 min | 12 | 14,011 |
| American Airlines | 78% | 2.0% | 22 min | 9 | 13,875 |
| Southwest Airlines | 78% | 0.9% | 13 min | 43 | 23,746 |
| Frontier Airlines | 77% | 1.8% | 19 min | 28 | 6,555 |
| JetBlue | 74% | 2.9% | 20 min | 10 | 5,168 |
| Alaska Airlines | 74% | 0.9% | 15 min | 3 | 986 |
| Envoy Air | 74% | 1.9% | 20 min | 4 | 1,078 |
| Spirit Airlines | 74% | 3.2% | 20 min | 16 | 2,679 |
| Republic Airways | 71% | 0.0% | 13 min | 4 | 49 |
Best time to fly out of TPA
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am94%2,362 flts
- 6am93%5,266 flts
- 7am91%8,525 flts
- 8am90%5,123 flts
- 9am86%4,986 flts
- 10am83%4,834 flts
- 11am83%5,210 flts
- 12pm81%4,512 flts
- 1pm78%4,120 flts
- 2pm71%3,283 flts
- 3pm71%3,753 flts
- 4pm68%4,756 flts
- 5pm67%5,114 flts
- 6pm63%4,974 flts
- 7pm65%4,967 flts
- 8pm64%2,729 flts
- 9pm60%1,369 flts
- 10pm65%896 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.