Southwest Airlines ORD to TPA on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Tampa · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
91 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 7
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on ORD to TPA arrived on time 71% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (44%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft44%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion28%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to TPA
- United Airlines78% on time · 17 min avg delay
- American Airlines69% on time · 23 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines69% on time · 30 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines70% on time · 52 min avg delay
- Envoy Air50% on time · 8 min avg delay
- Republic Airways100% on time · 10 min avg delay
Full ORD to TPA comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
214 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 cancelled, 0 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.