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Route Reliability

Baltimore → Tampa

BWI–TPA · 842 miles · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Tampa International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
2,766
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines80%2,347 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines74%332 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (87 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BWI–TPA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BWI–TPA flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 72%.

Southwest Airlines has a slight edge here.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 74%.

Slipping a little lately.

BWI–TPA flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(414 flights)
  • Tue84%(354 flights)
  • Wed85%(351 flights)
  • Thu80%(407 flights)
  • Fri78%(421 flights)
  • Sat79%(349 flights)
  • Sun72%(407 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(718 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(433 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(471 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(504 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(525 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(42 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 75% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%248
July 202570%251
August 202580%224
September 202591%200
October 202581%210
November 202583%197
December 202571%205
January 202685%200
February 202687%195
March 202677%255
April 202679%265
May 202677%253

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Based on 2,766 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.