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Route Reliability

Tampa → Denver

TPADEN · 1,506 miles · Tampa International Airport to Denver International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
3,107
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines85%1,186 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines80%1,322 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines79%599 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

TPA–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 49% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

TPA–DEN flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 80%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 79%.

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
  • Mon80%(460 flights)
  • Tue82%(415 flights)
  • Wed88%(412 flights)
  • Thu80%(445 flights)
  • Fri80%(464 flights)
  • Sat80%(422 flights)
  • Sun81%(461 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(141 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(856 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(388 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(567 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(757 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(298 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM49%(72 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 72% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%272
July 202577%277
August 202569%231
September 202587%212
October 202582%241
November 202587%244
December 202583%275
January 202685%247
February 202685%238
March 202684%326
April 202687%250
May 202684%266

Based on 3,107 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.