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Delta Air Lines JFK to TPA on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Tampa · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
29 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
70 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on JFK to TPA arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.7% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (38%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 67.0% on time, 5.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 84.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 87.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 76.1% on time, 1.1% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 80.2% on time, 3.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 73.6% on time, 5.4% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 71.9% on time, 4.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 77.9% on time, 8.3% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 72.5% on time, 2.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 87.6% on time, 1.1% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 90.2% on time, 1.1% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 84.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 77.3% on time, 5.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)38%
  • Late-arriving aircraft32%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion29%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on JFK to TPA

1,094 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 29 cancelled, 2 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.