OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Newark to Tampa

998 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on EWR–TPA arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights

based on 2,705 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • United Airlinesbest
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights2,291
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time61%
    Medianon time
    p9095 min
    Cancel3.4%
    Flights414

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Late aircraft40%
  • 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 EWR → 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 — 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 2,513 flights
  • Middays76% on time · p90 45 min · 1,787 flights
  • Afternoons69% on time · p90 75 min · 1,965 flights
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 90 min · 1,785 flights
  • Overnights60% on time · p90 90 min · 754 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 79% on time.

  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,265 flights
  • Wednesdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 1,274 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 55 min · 1,291 flights
  • Saturdays73% on time · p90 70 min · 1,171 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 70 min · 1,267 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 55 min · 1,260 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 65 min · 1,276 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.