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Route Reliability

New York → Tampa

LGA–TPA · 1,010 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Tampa International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
3.2%
Cancelled
2,876
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines72%1,638 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines68%704 flights
  3. 3.JetBlue Airways67%531 flights

Not enough history to rank: Southwest Airlines (3 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LGA–TPA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 51% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–TPA flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Wednesdays and just 60% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 72% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 67%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon68%(401 flights)
  • Tue75%(401 flights)
  • Wed78%(399 flights)
  • Thu65%(407 flights)
  • Fri71%(418 flights)
  • Sat76%(338 flights)
  • Sun60%(401 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(730 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(608 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(258 flights)
  • 3–6 PM55%(545 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(545 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM51%(79 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 62% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%218
July 202564%219
August 202575%236
September 202582%216
October 202563%242
November 202564%253
December 202558%270
January 202674%261
February 202680%231
March 202671%221
April 202686%201
May 202673%197

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,876 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.