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Route Reliability

Birmingham → Tampa

BHM–TPA · 459 miles · Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport to Tampa International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
442
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 442 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BHM–TPA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 61% between 3–6 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

BHM–TPA flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Wednesdays and just 73% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

BHM–TPA flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(56 flights)
  • Tue87%(55 flights)
  • Wed93%(53 flights)
  • Thu73%(55 flights)
  • Fri78%(60 flights)
  • Sat76%(66 flights)
  • Sun76%(95 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM97%(73 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(137 flights)
  • 12–3 PM90%(73 flights)
  • 3–6 PM61%(157 flights)
On-time trend by month
54%
May

Jun 69% → May 54% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%39
July 202585%39
August 202583%35
September 202594%34
October 202583%35
November 202573%44
December 202575%44
January 202697%34
February 202693%28
March 202674%38
April 202677%35
May 202654%35

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Based on 442 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.