Route Reliability
Tampa → San Francisco
TPA–SFO · 2,393 miles · Tampa International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- 81%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.4%
- Cancelled
- 720
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 720 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
TPA–SFO flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
TPA–SFO flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays and just 72% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Recent months have been rougher.
TPA–SFO flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% 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%(109 flights)
- Tue89%(87 flights)
- Wed88%(103 flights)
- Thu77%(106 flights)
- Fri81%(106 flights)
- Sat87%(95 flights)
- Sun72%(110 flights)
- 6–9 AM89%(311 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM96%(134 flights)
- 12–3 PM67%(18 flights)
- 3–6 PM78%(67 flights)
- 6–9 PM60%(186 flights)
Jun 71% → May 69% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 71% | 59 |
| July 2025 | 68% | 62 |
| August 2025 | 72% | 47 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 92% | 37 |
| November 2025 | 85% | 60 |
| December 2025 | 88% | 72 |
| January 2026 | 91% | 84 |
| February 2026 | 80% | 73 |
| March 2026 | 93% | 82 |
| April 2026 | 75% | 56 |
| May 2026 | 69% | 54 |
Keep nerding
Based on 720 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.