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Route Reliability

Washington → Tampa

IADTPA · 811 miles · Washington Dulles International Airport to Tampa International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,412
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%1,221 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines69%191 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

IAD–TPA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 65% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

IAD–TPA flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 76%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 69%.

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
  • Mon78%(212 flights)
  • Tue88%(175 flights)
  • Wed85%(171 flights)
  • Thu80%(224 flights)
  • Fri76%(214 flights)
  • Sat78%(182 flights)
  • Sun76%(215 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(252 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(148 flights)
  • 12–3 PM89%(379 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(341 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(163 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM79%(110 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 62% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%136
July 202562%166
August 202577%127
September 202582%122
October 202584%106
November 202586%104
December 202582%114
January 202688%105
February 202688%90
March 202681%127
April 202693%99
May 202692%97

Based on 1,412 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.