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Route Reliability

Tampa → San Francisco

TPASFO · 2,393 miles · Tampa International Airport to San Francisco International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(109 flights)
  • Tue89%(87 flights)
  • Wed88%(103 flights)
  • Thu77%(106 flights)
  • Fri81%(106 flights)
  • Sat87%(95 flights)
  • Sun72%(110 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 71% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%59
July 202568%62
August 202572%47
September 202590%30
October 202592%37
November 202585%60
December 202588%72
January 202691%84
February 202680%73
March 202693%82
April 202675%56
May 202669%54

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.