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Route Reliability

Newark → Tampa

EWR–TPA · 997 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Tampa International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
2,648
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines81%2,340 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways73%308 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

EWR–TPA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 73% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

EWR–TPA flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays and just 72% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

EWR–TPA flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% 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%(369 flights)
  • Tue89%(355 flights)
  • Wed83%(367 flights)
  • Thu79%(382 flights)
  • Fri81%(384 flights)
  • Sat77%(338 flights)
  • Sun72%(384 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(457 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(606 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(495 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(684 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(336 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 73% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%193
July 202569%229
August 202580%235
September 202585%172
October 202572%219
November 202578%230
December 202574%227
January 202680%189
February 202684%182
March 202684%245
April 202691%235
May 202690%223

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Based on 2,648 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.