Southwest Airlines TPA to ORD on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Tampa to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
57 min when late
Rank on route
#6 of 7
route average 74% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on TPA to ORD arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #6 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (46%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion46%
- Late-arriving aircraft25%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)20%
- Extreme weather8%
- Security2%
Other airlines on TPA to ORD
- United Airlines75% on time · 21 min avg delay
- American Airlines74% on time · 25 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines69% on time · 27 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines66% on time · 52 min avg delay
- Envoy Air100% on time · 3 min avg delay
- Republic Airways100% on time · 0 min avg delay
Full TPA to ORD comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
214 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 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.