OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Phoenix to Tampa

1,788 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PHX–TPA arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,230 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlinesbest
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights733
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time62%
    Median5 min
    p9060 min
    Cancel0.2%
    Flights497

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline43%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft46%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline17%
  • Weather33%
  • Air traffic (NAS)50%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 6 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly PHX → TPA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 64% to 84% on time.

  • Overnights84% on time · p90 30 min · 212 flights
  • Mornings80% on time · p90 25 min · 1,198 flights
  • Middays73% on time · p90 55 min · 547 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 50 min · 1,125 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 55 min · 427 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 457 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 45 min · 514 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 40 min · 510 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 45 min · 517 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 35 min · 518 flights
  • Wednesdays72% on time · p90 40 min · 459 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 60 min · 535 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.