OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Atlanta to Tampa

406 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ATL–TPA arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.3%of scheduled flights

based on 5,994 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights732
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights4,426
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time61%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights836

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline42%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft36%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline49%
  • Weather43%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 77 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ATL → TPA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 83% on time.

  • Mornings83% on time · p90 25 min · 3,723 flights
  • Middays78% on time · p90 40 min · 5,055 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 55 min · 3,499 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 70 min · 3,506 flights
  • Overnights62% on time · p90 75 min · 3,636 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 78% on time.

  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 2,625 flights
  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 2,652 flights
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 50 min · 2,927 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 55 min · 2,911 flights
  • Saturdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 2,496 flights
  • Fridays70% on time · p90 55 min · 2,911 flights
  • Sundays66% on time · p90 70 min · 2,897 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.