Route Reliability
Washington → Tampa
DCA–TPA · 814 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tampa International Airport
- 75%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 12 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.5%
- Cancelled
- 2,247
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Southwest Airlines80%700 flights
- 2.American Airlines73%1,547 flights
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
DCA–TPA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 51% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DCA–TPA flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays and just 65% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Southwest Airlines has a slight edge here.
Southwest Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 73%.
Ticking up lately.
DCA–TPA flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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
- Mon80%(320 flights)
- Tue80%(325 flights)
- Wed78%(323 flights)
- Thu74%(322 flights)
- Fri71%(329 flights)
- Sat80%(244 flights)
- Sun65%(320 flights)
- 6–9 AM88%(678 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM86%(364 flights)
- 12–3 PM81%(324 flights)
- 3–6 PM51%(332 flights)
- 6–9 PM61%(464 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM86%(21 flights)
Jun 71% → May 78% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 71% | 167 |
| July 2025 | 69% | 172 |
| August 2025 | 70% | 172 |
| September 2025 | 77% | 172 |
| October 2025 | 71% | 169 |
| November 2025 | 78% | 190 |
| December 2025 | 70% | 197 |
| January 2026 | 82% | 184 |
| February 2026 | 75% | 194 |
| March 2026 | 75% | 213 |
| April 2026 | 86% | 180 |
| May 2026 | 78% | 173 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 2,247 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.