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Route Reliability

Tampa → Washington

TPADCA · 814 miles · Tampa International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

68
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
2.4%
Cancelled
2,247
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines77%700 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines73%1,547 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TPA–DCA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 55% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

TPA–DCA flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays and just 64% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Southwest Airlines has a slight edge here.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 73%.

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
  • Mon72%(319 flights)
  • Tue80%(322 flights)
  • Wed77%(324 flights)
  • Thu76%(318 flights)
  • Fri74%(329 flights)
  • Sat77%(244 flights)
  • Sun64%(319 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(284 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(655 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(619 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(258 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(358 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 72% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%167
July 202560%166
August 202575%173
September 202578%170
October 202575%170
November 202578%192
December 202571%199
January 202681%184
February 202673%192
March 202671%209
April 202681%180
May 202677%173

Based on 2,247 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.