OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Tampa to Indianapolis

837 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on TPA–IND arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 907 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights907

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline24%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft62%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline33%
  • Weather11%
  • Air traffic (NAS)56%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 9 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 → IND

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 — 93% on time.

  • Mornings93% on time · p90 on time · 1,253 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 50 min · 508 flights
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 65 min · 546 flights
  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 60 min · 603 flights
  • Overnights59% on time · p90 95 min · 518 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 85% on time.

  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 30 min · 402 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 40 min · 511 flights
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 394 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 40 min · 519 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 594 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 502 flights
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 55 min · 506 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.