OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to Tampa

929 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DFW–TPA arrive on time 65% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate65%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.9%of scheduled flights

based on 2,469 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel2.9%
    Flights2,469

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft49%
  • 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 DFW → 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 — 80% on time.

  • Mornings80% on time · p90 35 min · 2,495 flights
  • Middays70% on time · p90 65 min · 1,768 flights
  • Evenings61% on time · p90 85 min · 1,740 flights
  • Afternoons58% on time · p90 85 min · 1,649 flights
  • Overnights51% on time · p90 100 min · 994 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 72% on time.

  • Tuesdays72% on time · p90 60 min · 1,142 flights
  • Saturdays68% on time · p90 70 min · 1,215 flights
  • Fridays66% on time · p90 60 min · 1,282 flights
  • Mondays65% on time · p90 75 min · 1,301 flights
  • Thursdays64% on time · p90 75 min · 1,283 flights
  • Sundays64% on time · p90 80 min · 1,287 flights
  • Wednesdays64% on time · p90 80 min · 1,136 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.