Historical on-time performance
Denver to Tampa
1,506 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DEN–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)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights
based on 3,133 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.
- United AirlinesOn-time78%Medianon timep9040 minCancel0.2%Flights1,244
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time68%Medianon timep9060 minCancel0.0%Flights1,302
- Frontier AirlinesOn-time77%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.5%Flights587
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline34%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)22%
- Late aircraft42%
- 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 DEN → 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 — 82% on time.
- Mornings82% on time · p90 25 min · 3,160 flights
- Middays74% on time · p90 45 min · 1,527 flights
- Overnights72% on time · p90 50 min · 877 flights
- Afternoons65% on time · p90 65 min · 1,528 flights
- Early mornings64% on time · p90 60 min · 379 flights
- Evenings62% on time · p90 70 min · 2,131 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 73% on time.
- Mondays73% on time · p90 55 min · 1,424 flights
- Sundays73% on time · p90 50 min · 1,397 flights
- Tuesdays73% on time · p90 45 min · 1,311 flights
- Wednesdays72% on time · p90 50 min · 1,343 flights
- Fridays72% on time · p90 50 min · 1,410 flights
- Saturdays72% on time · p90 50 min · 1,297 flights
- Thursdays71% on time · p90 50 min · 1,420 flights
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