OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Tampa to Phoenix

1,788 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,226 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.

  • American Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights683
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.2%
    Flights543

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline35%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft44%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly TPA → PHX

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 69% to 87% on time.

  • Middays87% on time · p90 15 min · 162 flights · limited
  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 1,742 flights
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 45 min · 432 flights
  • Evenings69% on time · p90 65 min · 1,020 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 82% on time.

  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 444 flights
  • Fridays81% on time · p90 30 min · 492 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 35 min · 497 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 25 min · 462 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 494 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 484 flights
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 50 min · 514 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.