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Route Reliability

Houston → Tampa

HOU–TPA · 781 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Tampa International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
1,026
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 1,026 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–TPA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 57% between 3–6 PM.

Saturday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 80% on time on Saturdays against 75% on Wednesdays.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–TPA flights arrived on time 65% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(151 flights)
  • Tue80%(137 flights)
  • Wed75%(133 flights)
  • Thu76%(149 flights)
  • Fri77%(153 flights)
  • Sat80%(138 flights)
  • Sun77%(159 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(92 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(137 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(247 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(142 flights)
  • 3–6 PM57%(47 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(342 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM62%(13 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 83% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%87
July 202576%93
August 202577%79
September 202591%77
October 202577%79
November 202578%80
December 202583%81
January 202689%88
February 202686%83
March 202653%91
April 202670%90
May 202672%92

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Based on 1,026 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.