OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Tampa to Fort Lauderdale

197 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on TPA–FLL arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,320 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time92%
    Medianon time
    p905 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights133
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights880
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights307

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline16%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Late aircraft51%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline45%
  • Weather42%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 33 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 → FLL

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 58% to 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,166 flights
  • Middays85% on time · p90 20 min · 713 flights
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 45 min · 421 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 75 min · 1,037 flights
  • Evenings58% on time · p90 80 min · 571 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 82% on time.

  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 551 flights
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 546 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 519 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 50 min · 580 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 40 min · 585 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 65 min · 553 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 45 min · 574 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.