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Route Reliability

San Juan → Tampa

SJU–TPA · 1,237 miles · Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to Tampa International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,451
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines84%471 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways78%594 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines72%336 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (50 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SJU–TPA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 64% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SJU–TPA flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 72%.

Southwest Airlines runs this route best.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 84% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 72%.

Recent months have been rougher.

SJU–TPA flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(217 flights)
  • Tue81%(166 flights)
  • Wed82%(164 flights)
  • Thu77%(205 flights)
  • Fri83%(219 flights)
  • Sat74%(229 flights)
  • Sun72%(228 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 AM90%(59 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(464 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(44 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(147 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(400 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(246 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM79%(67 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 77% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%139
July 202575%144
August 202565%113
September 202592%82
October 202586%88
November 202581%128
December 202577%141
January 202686%124
February 202686%90
March 202680%143
April 202666%120
May 202672%116

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Based on 1,451 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.