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Airport month · August 2023
Tampa International in August 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 6,159 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 70.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.3% reached their destination on time; 7.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 6.1 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 68.5% of the time (6,160 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 71.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.9%
- Cancelled 7.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 70.6% | — | 76.5% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 71.3% | — | 76.9% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 7.5% | — | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.5 min | — | 17.0 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 205 | — | 210 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,159 | — | 76,797 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,964 | 32% | 73.8% | 6.6 min | 6.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,070 | 17% | 75.4% | 3.6 min | 7.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,030 | 17% | 69.4% | 17.3 min | 8.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 614 | 10% | 78.2% | 0.9 min | 6.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 500 | 8% | 62.0% | 20.8 min | 9.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 477 | 8% | 56.8% | 22.5 min | 10.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 341 | 6% | 71.6% | 12.6 min | 8.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 68 | 1% | 67.6% | 17.8 min | 5.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 1% | 64.5% | 1.8 min | 6.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 33 | 1% | 87.9% | -11.4 min | 9.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 543 | 67.2% | 16.2 min | 8.5% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 278 | 61.9% | 20.3 min | 10.4% |
| TPA–LGA | Tampa to New York | 246 | 74.0% | 5.4 min | 8.5% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 242 | 70.7% | 12.0 min | 7.4% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 242 | 74.8% | 4.4 min | 7.4% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 237 | 71.3% | 8.2 min | 7.2% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 236 | 75.4% | 21.8 min | 7.2% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 221 | 70.1% | 9.8 min | 6.3% |
| TPA–PHL | Tampa to Philadelphia | 218 | 72.5% | 7.3 min | 7.8% |
| TPA–BNA | Tampa to Nashville | 202 | 74.3% | 9.2 min | 5.9% |
| TPA–DCA | Tampa to Washington | 190 | 71.6% | 18.6 min | 8.4% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 184 | 62.0% | 19.2 min | 9.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in August 2023?
70.6% of 6,159 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for TPA · methodology · corrections.