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Route Reliability

Tampa → San Diego

TPASAN · 2,087 miles · Tampa International Airport to San Diego International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
589
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines84%364 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines65%225 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TPA–SAN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

TPA–SAN flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Wednesdays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Alaska Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Alaska Airlines arrived on time 84% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 65%.

Slipping a little lately.

TPA–SAN flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(81 flights)
  • Tue82%(76 flights)
  • Wed82%(74 flights)
  • Thu81%(77 flights)
  • Fri82%(84 flights)
  • Sat69%(102 flights)
  • Sun66%(88 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(183 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(157 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(5 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(185 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(52 flights)
On-time trend by month
66%
May

Jun 61% → May 66% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%33
July 202569%32
August 202586%36
September 202585%33
October 202575%52
November 202586%49
December 202585%48
January 202675%60
February 202679%56
March 202687%62
April 202668%59
May 202666%62

Based on 589 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.