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Airport Reliability

TPA · Tampa

Tampa International Airport

78%
Departures within 15 minutes
14 min
Average departure delay
76%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.6%
Departures cancelled

Based on 78,077 departures and 78,075 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from TPA departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 61% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from TPA arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 72%.

When TPA gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(2332 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(19201 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(14823 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(12104 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(12989 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(13016 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM61%(2170 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(11342 flights)
  • Tue82%(9995 flights)
  • Wed83%(9963 flights)
  • Thu78%(11297 flights)
  • Fri79%(11467 flights)
  • Sat78%(10795 flights)
  • Sun72%(11776 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 72% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%6459
July 202570%6604
August 202575%6110
September 202587%5481
October 202580%6036
November 202582%6256
December 202576%6752
January 202682%6177
February 202678%6021
March 202677%7431
April 202683%6906
May 202678%6402

Airlines departing TPA

Busiest routes from TPA

Based on 78,077 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.