Historical on-time performance
Kansas City to Tampa
1,048 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MCI–TPA arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights
based on 639 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time77%Medianon timep9040 minCancel0.8%Flights639
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline20%
- Weather5%
- Air traffic (NAS)15%
- Late aircraft61%
- 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 MCI → 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 — 88% on time.
- Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 665 flights
- Middays77% on time · p90 30 min · 290 flights
- Afternoons74% on time · p90 40 min · 239 flights
- Overnights71% on time · p90 75 min · 262 flights
- Evenings62% on time · p90 80 min · 406 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 80% on time.
- Mondays80% on time · p90 30 min · 251 flights
- Tuesdays79% on time · p90 25 min · 233 flights
- Thursdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 254 flights
- Saturdays75% on time · p90 45 min · 350 flights
- Sundays74% on time · p90 50 min · 297 flights
- Fridays74% on time · p90 50 min · 254 flights
- Wednesdays74% on time · p90 45 min · 223 flights
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