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Route Reliability

Tampa → Washington

TPAIAD · 811 miles · Tampa International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1,414
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines84%1,223 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines75%191 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TPA–IAD flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 74% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

TPA–IAD flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 84% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 75%.

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%(211 flights)
  • Tue87%(174 flights)
  • Wed86%(175 flights)
  • Thu86%(223 flights)
  • Fri85%(215 flights)
  • Sat78%(180 flights)
  • Sun74%(219 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(122 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(388 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(474 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(49 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(362 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 70% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%138
July 202570%169
August 202574%128
September 202594%123
October 202591%105
November 202589%103
December 202583%114
January 202689%104
February 202680%90
March 202684%127
April 202696%99
May 202680%97

Based on 1,414 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.