Route Reliability
Tampa → Detroit
TPA–DTW · 983 miles · Tampa International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 6 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.8%
- Cancelled
- 2,413
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Delta Air Lines82%1,715 flights
- 2.Spirit Airlines81%577 flights
- 3.Frontier Airlines76%116 flights
Not enough history to rank: Southwest Airlines (5 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
TPA–DTW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 70% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Skip Monday if you can.
TPA–DTW flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 77%.
Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.
Delta Air Lines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 76%.
Ticking up lately.
TPA–DTW flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% 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
More flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon77%(342 flights)
- Tue85%(315 flights)
- Wed85%(302 flights)
- Thu81%(359 flights)
- Fri83%(354 flights)
- Sat81%(324 flights)
- Sun80%(371 flights)
- 3–6 AM96%(146 flights)
- 6–9 AM91%(574 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM83%(450 flights)
- 12–3 PM79%(446 flights)
- 3–6 PM71%(346 flights)
- 6–9 PM75%(315 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM70%(90 flights)
Jun 82% → May 84% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 82% | 174 |
| July 2025 | 79% | 179 |
| August 2025 | 81% | 167 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 149 |
| October 2025 | 89% | 182 |
| November 2025 | 89% | 168 |
| December 2025 | 71% | 228 |
| January 2026 | 77% | 221 |
| February 2026 | 80% | 227 |
| March 2026 | 79% | 304 |
| April 2026 | 83% | 228 |
| May 2026 | 84% | 140 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 2,413 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.