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Route Reliability

Boston → Tampa

BOSTPA · 1,185 miles · Boston Logan International Airport to Tampa International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
2,838
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.JetBlue Airways75%1,567 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines74%1,168 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (94 flights), American Airlines (9 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BOS–TPA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BOS–TPA flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Not much between JetBlue Airways and Delta Air Lines.

On this route they all land within 74% to 75% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Trending in the right direction.

BOS–TPA flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(401 flights)
  • Tue79%(367 flights)
  • Wed83%(370 flights)
  • Thu75%(418 flights)
  • Fri75%(411 flights)
  • Sat75%(377 flights)
  • Sun66%(411 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(3 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(849 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(459 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(207 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(568 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(665 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 71% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%215
July 202566%240
August 202578%225
September 202576%195
October 202573%219
November 202574%226
December 202567%238
January 202674%191
February 202671%199
March 202679%276
April 202683%302
May 202682%229

Based on 2,838 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.