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Route Reliability

Tampa → Baltimore

TPA–BWI · 842 miles · Tampa International Airport to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
2,766
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines81%2,345 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines77%332 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (89 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TPA–BWI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 56% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

TPA–BWI flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Wednesdays and just 71% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Southwest Airlines has a slight edge here.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 77%.

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
  • Mon79%(415 flights)
  • Tue83%(353 flights)
  • Wed87%(348 flights)
  • Thu79%(404 flights)
  • Fri83%(418 flights)
  • Sat82%(352 flights)
  • Sun71%(409 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(175 flights)
  • 6–9 AM95%(624 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(506 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(374 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(488 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(382 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM56%(150 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 69% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%244
July 202564%248
August 202577%228
September 202590%200
October 202583%212
November 202589%201
December 202583%209
January 202689%198
February 202678%190
March 202681%252
April 202684%264
May 202680%253

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Based on 2,766 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.