OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Austin to Tampa

928 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on AUS–TPA arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,458 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Linesbest
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights307
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights1,151

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline35%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft49%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline38%
  • Weather25%
  • Air traffic (NAS)38%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 8 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 AUS → 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 — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,382 flights
  • Middays79% on time · p90 30 min · 449 flights
  • Evenings68% on time · p90 55 min · 1,007 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 55 min · 645 flights
  • Overnights62% on time · p90 70 min · 308 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 81% on time.

  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 25 min · 541 flights
  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 45 min · 381 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 541 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 40 min · 595 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 40 min · 601 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 593 flights
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 55 min · 539 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.