OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Tampa to New York

1,005 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on TPA–JFK arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.2%of scheduled flights

based on 2,237 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights121
  • Delta Air Linesbest
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights1,094
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel3.9%
    Flights1,022

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)31%
  • Late aircraft41%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline24%
  • Weather52%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 71 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 → JFK

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 · 2,625 flights
  • Middays76% on time · p90 45 min · 1,965 flights
  • Afternoons68% on time · p90 75 min · 867 flights
  • Evenings58% on time · p90 110 min · 1,334 flights
  • Overnights48% on time · p90 125 min · 112 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 80% on time.

  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 971 flights
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 50 min · 958 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 55 min · 986 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 50 min · 994 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 55 min · 994 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 989 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 80 min · 1,011 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.