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Southwest Airlines LAX to TPA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
61%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.0%
0 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
43 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 3
route average 79% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on LAX to TPA arrived on time 61% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (54%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%January 2026: 40.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 70.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 62.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 58.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 40.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 67.7% 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

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)54%
  • Late-arriving aircraft31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on LAX to TPA

174 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 0 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.