OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Tampa to Newark

998 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on TPA–EWR arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.2%of scheduled flights

based on 2,601 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • United Airlinesbest
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights2,342
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time60%
    Medianon time
    p9095 min
    Cancel4.2%
    Flights259

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline17%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)55%
  • Late aircraft23%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline5%
  • Weather61%
  • Air traffic (NAS)33%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 57 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 → EWR

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 15 min · 2,876 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 40 min · 1,582 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 90 min · 1,790 flights
  • Overnights63% on time · p90 95 min · 526 flights
  • Evenings57% on time · p90 120 min · 1,664 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 78% on time.

  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 1,202 flights
  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 60 min · 1,194 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 70 min · 1,233 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 55 min · 1,234 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 75 min · 1,140 flights
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 70 min · 1,219 flights
  • Sundays70% on time · p90 80 min · 1,216 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.