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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Tampa

PHL–TPA · 920 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Tampa International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
2,586
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines77%162 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines75%1,648 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines70%776 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHL–TPA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 64% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHL–TPA flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Wednesdays and just 65% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Southwest Airlines has a slight edge here.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 70%.

Ticking up lately.

PHL–TPA flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
  • Mon74%(372 flights)
  • Tue76%(306 flights)
  • Wed82%(307 flights)
  • Thu74%(376 flights)
  • Fri76%(387 flights)
  • Sat73%(385 flights)
  • Sun65%(389 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM83%(119 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(614 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(589 flights)
  • 12–3 PM68%(381 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(277 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(520 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM77%(22 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 70% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%174
July 202569%172
August 202566%200
September 202583%171
October 202575%202
November 202576%199
December 202562%206
January 202674%183
February 202679%229
March 202673%310
April 202677%251
May 202683%225

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,586 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.