Historical on-time performance
Buffalo to Tampa
1,054 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on BUF–TPA arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights
based on 711 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesbestOn-time80%Medianon timep9035 minCancel0.2%Flights644
- Frontier AirlinesOn-time67%Medianon timep9035 minCancel4.5%Flights67
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline20%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)23%
- Late aircraft57%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly BUF → TPA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.
- Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 678 flights
- Middays79% on time · p90 30 min · 383 flights
- Overnights70% on time · p90 65 min · 260 flights
- Afternoons69% on time · p90 55 min · 469 flights
- Evenings67% on time · p90 70 min · 658 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 80% on time.
- Fridays80% on time · p90 45 min · 341 flights
- Wednesdays78% on time · p90 30 min · 293 flights
- Tuesdays78% on time · p90 30 min · 306 flights
- Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 343 flights
- Saturdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 412 flights
- Thursdays71% on time · p90 50 min · 371 flights
- Sundays69% on time · p90 60 min · 382 flights
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