OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Tampa to Charlotte

507 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on TPA–CLT arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.7%of scheduled flights

based on 3,041 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights3,041

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline27%
  • Weather11%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Late aircraft49%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline6%
  • Weather94%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 51 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 TPA → CLT

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 10 min · 3,680 flights
  • Middays78% on time · p90 35 min · 3,209 flights
  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 70 min · 1,683 flights
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 85 min · 1,947 flights
  • Overnights59% on time · p90 75 min · 197 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 81% on time.

  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 1,401 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,446 flights
  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 55 min · 1,484 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 45 min · 1,603 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 1,585 flights
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 1,584 flights
  • Sundays74% on time · p90 60 min · 1,613 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.