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Route Reliability

Denver → Tampa

DENTPA · 1,506 miles · Denver International Airport to Tampa International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
3,106
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines82%598 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines82%1,187 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines71%1,321 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–TPA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Tuesday if you can.

DEN–TPA flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Tuesdays: 73%.

Frontier Airlines runs this route best.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 71%.

Slipping a little lately.

DEN–TPA flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% 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
  • Mon80%(440 flights)
  • Tue73%(414 flights)
  • Wed80%(419 flights)
  • Thu77%(462 flights)
  • Fri75%(470 flights)
  • Sat77%(418 flights)
  • Sun77%(462 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM77%(68 flights)
  • 3–6 AM96%(115 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(476 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(663 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(648 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(564 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(256 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM82%(295 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 65% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%273
July 202559%286
August 202573%231
September 202582%211
October 202578%242
November 202591%242
December 202580%277
January 202688%246
February 202684%238
March 202675%326
April 202683%249
May 202674%264

Based on 3,106 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.