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Route Reliability

Dallas → Tampa

DAL–TPA · 917 miles · Dallas Love Field to Tampa International Airport

73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
1,320
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 71% of the time across 1,320 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DAL–TPA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 48% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DAL–TPA flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 64%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DAL–TPA flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(193 flights)
  • Tue78%(171 flights)
  • Wed72%(169 flights)
  • Thu66%(195 flights)
  • Fri73%(199 flights)
  • Sat73%(176 flights)
  • Sun64%(203 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(342 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(190 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(224 flights)
  • 3–6 PM49%(241 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(288 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM48%(21 flights)
On-time trend by month
66%
May

Jun 60% → May 66% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%122
July 202561%127
August 202568%95
September 202583%90
October 202578%118
November 202573%107
December 202575%110
January 202681%94
February 202671%105
March 202666%116
April 202672%110
May 202666%112

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Based on 1,320 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.