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Route Reliability

Tampa → Charlotte

TPACLT · 507 miles · Tampa International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
3,304
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines83%3,041 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines80%156 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines78%107 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

TPA–CLT flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

TPA–CLT flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 77%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 78%.

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
  • Mon82%(484 flights)
  • Tue87%(426 flights)
  • Wed87%(433 flights)
  • Thu84%(483 flights)
  • Fri83%(485 flights)
  • Sat81%(434 flights)
  • Sun77%(501 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(18 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(998 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(642 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(540 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(685 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(363 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 74% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%301
July 202574%309
August 202577%286
September 202590%265
October 202593%257
November 202587%269
December 202582%272
January 202683%236
February 202683%241
March 202686%277
April 202688%282
May 202683%251

Based on 3,304 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.