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Route Reliability

Tampa → Philadelphia

TPA–PHL · 920 miles · Tampa International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
2,587
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%162 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines76%1,648 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines73%777 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TPA–PHL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 57% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

TPA–PHL flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays and just 69% 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; Frontier Airlines managed 73%.

Ticking up lately.

TPA–PHL flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(376 flights)
  • Tue80%(308 flights)
  • Wed85%(306 flights)
  • Thu75%(380 flights)
  • Fri78%(386 flights)
  • Sat72%(382 flights)
  • Sun69%(389 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(12 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(519 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(666 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(501 flights)
  • 3–6 PM60%(451 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(272 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM57%(106 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 75% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%174
July 202567%173
August 202567%200
September 202591%170
October 202579%202
November 202582%197
December 202567%208
January 202673%185
February 202675%229
March 202669%312
April 202681%250
May 202682%227

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,587 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.