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Route Reliability

San Diego → Tampa

SAN–TPA · 2,087 miles · San Diego International Airport to Tampa International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
589
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines83%364 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines77%225 flights

What the data says

12–3 PM has a slight edge.

Departures between 12–3 PM arrived on time 82% of the time, against 77% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Tuesday is the weak spot.

SAN–TPA flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Fridays. On Tuesdays: 75%.

Alaska Airlines has a slight edge here.

Alaska Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 77%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(82 flights)
  • Tue75%(76 flights)
  • Wed77%(74 flights)
  • Thu82%(79 flights)
  • Fri85%(84 flights)
  • Sat85%(103 flights)
  • Sun79%(87 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM81%(102 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(130 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(181 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(172 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 91% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202591%34
July 202577%34
August 202586%36
September 202588%33
October 202592%52
November 202579%48
December 202577%48
January 202674%61
February 202682%56
March 202666%62
April 202682%60
May 202682%61

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Based on 589 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.