OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Tampa to Pittsburgh

873 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on TPA–PIT arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights

based on 792 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights792

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline21%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Late aircraft71%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline20%
  • Weather40%
  • Air traffic (NAS)40%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 5 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 → PIT

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 — 94% on time.

  • Mornings94% on time · p90 on time · 1,126 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 35 min · 365 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 70 min · 606 flights
  • Overnights66% on time · p90 75 min · 558 flights
  • Afternoons65% on time · p90 110 min · 221 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 86% on time.

  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 25 min · 348 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 355 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 35 min · 430 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 35 min · 426 flights
  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 499 flights
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 412 flights
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 55 min · 406 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.