OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Tampa to Cincinnati

773 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on TPA–CVG arrive on time 68% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate68%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights

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

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights275
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights194

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft62%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline100%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 5 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 → CVG

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 — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 20 min · 540 flights
  • Afternoons73% on time · p90 50 min · 382 flights
  • Middays73% on time · p90 85 min · 201 flights
  • Evenings71% on time · p90 70 min · 1,077 flights
  • Overnights66% on time · p90 95 min · 448 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 83% on time.

  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 60 min · 280 flights
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 315 flights
  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 403 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 65 min · 431 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 389 flights
  • Mondays71% on time · p90 85 min · 420 flights
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 90 min · 410 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.