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Route Reliability

Tampa → Phoenix

TPA–PHX · 1,788 miles · Tampa International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
1,231
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines83%497 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines78%734 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TPA–PHX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 54% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

TPA–PHX flights arrived on time 84% 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 83% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 78%.

Slipping a little lately.

TPA–PHX flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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
  • Mon79%(178 flights)
  • Tue83%(151 flights)
  • Wed84%(165 flights)
  • Thu82%(184 flights)
  • Fri82%(176 flights)
  • Sat83%(170 flights)
  • Sun69%(200 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM91%(45 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(459 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(210 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(92 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(289 flights)
  • 6–9 PM54%(129 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 70% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%98
July 202572%97
August 202575%68
September 202591%58
October 202579%101
November 202586%105
December 202582%125
January 202683%101
February 202684%110
March 202688%127
April 202680%120
May 202668%114

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Based on 1,231 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.