Southwest Airlines RDU to TPA on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Tampa · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
49 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 82% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on RDU to TPA arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.6% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 82% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (53%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft53%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on RDU to TPA
- Delta Air Lines85% on time · 12 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines80% on time · 15 min avg delay
Full RDU to TPA comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
382 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 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.