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Airport month · August 2024
Tampa International in August 2024
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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,902 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 71.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.4% reached their destination on time; 4.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 4.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 6,159 departures with 70.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.5 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 68.7% of the time (5,897 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 71.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
- Cancelled 4.3%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 71.1% | 70.6% | 76.5% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 71.4% | 71.3% | 76.9% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 4.3% | 7.5% | 1.6% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.6 min | 18.5 min | 17.0 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 197 | 205 | 210 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,902 | 6,159 | 76,797 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,749 | 30% | 74.6% | 9.8 min | 3.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,055 | 18% | 75.0% | 12.0 min | 2.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 972 | 16% | 65.8% | 21.3 min | 5.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 624 | 11% | 70.7% | 18.4 min | 4.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 471 | 8% | 70.9% | 10.6 min | 5.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 433 | 7% | 62.1% | 25.2 min | 7.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 423 | 7% | 76.1% | 4.5 min | 5.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 88 | 1% | 61.4% | 18.2 min | 6.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 87 | 1% | 64.4% | 4.5 min | 5.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 551 | 75.7% | 11.3 min | 2.4% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 300 | 65.7% | 25.3 min | 6.7% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 266 | 69.5% | 13.1 min | 4.5% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 233 | 73.0% | 12.5 min | 2.6% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 225 | 66.2% | 19.6 min | 5.3% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 221 | 68.3% | 11.6 min | 3.2% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 220 | 67.7% | 26.2 min | 9.1% |
| TPA–PHL | Tampa to Philadelphia | 213 | 58.2% | 30.9 min | 8.5% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 208 | 63.9% | 21.2 min | 4.8% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 183 | 70.5% | 10.6 min | 8.2% |
| TPA–LGA | Tampa to New York | 182 | 65.9% | 31.6 min | 5.5% |
| TPA–BNA | Tampa to Nashville | 177 | 71.2% | 10.0 min | 4.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in August 2024?
71.1% of 5,902 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 70.6% of 6,159 departures left on time and 7.5% were cancelled, against 71.1% and 4.3% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.