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Southwest Airlines ATL to TPA on-time performance

Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Tampa · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.8%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
66 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 74% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on ATL to TPA arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.8% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (63%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 67.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 63.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 68.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.9% on time, 6.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 80.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 85.7% on time, 1.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 87.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 69.4% on time, 1.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 78.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 63.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 85.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 59.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft63%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)20%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security1%

Other airlines on ATL to TPA

Full ATL to TPA comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →

731 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 cancelled, 1 diverted.

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.