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Route Reliability

Cleveland → Tampa

CLETPA · 927 miles · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to Tampa International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
982
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines94%131 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines77%828 flights

Not enough history to rank: Southwest Airlines (23 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

CLE–TPA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 70% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

CLE–TPA flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays and just 74% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 94% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 77%.

Trending in the right direction.

CLE–TPA flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon76%(148 flights)
  • Tue87%(91 flights)
  • Wed89%(93 flights)
  • Thu83%(160 flights)
  • Fri77%(150 flights)
  • Sat74%(150 flights)
  • Sun76%(176 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM84%(102 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(265 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM70%(119 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(106 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(201 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(154 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM76%(21 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 65% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%68
July 202569%67
August 202566%67
September 202597%59
October 202583%54
November 202575%63
December 202579%80
January 202670%79
February 202683%84
March 202681%135
April 202692%106
May 202687%106

Based on 982 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.