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Route Reliability

Tampa → Cincinnati

TPA–CVG · 773 miles · Tampa International Airport to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
743
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines73%371 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines70%372 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TPA–CVG flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 61% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

TPA–CVG flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Wednesdays and just 61% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Frontier Airlines has a slight edge here.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 73% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 70%.

Ticking up lately.

TPA–CVG flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% 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
  • Mon69%(130 flights)
  • Tue69%(65 flights)
  • Wed78%(67 flights)
  • Thu74%(118 flights)
  • Fri77%(130 flights)
  • Sat76%(106 flights)
  • Sun61%(119 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(68 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(104 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(15 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(253 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(164 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM61%(130 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 53% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202553%61
July 202558%59
August 202582%60
September 202584%51
October 202575%52
November 202577%56
December 202560%72
January 202682%54
February 202668%53
March 202668%75
April 202681%72
May 202680%70

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Based on 743 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.