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Airport month · September 2024
Tampa International in September 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,440 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.7% reached their destination on time; 5.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 4.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 5,700 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.9 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 78.5% of the time (5,440 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 78.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
- Cancelled 5.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.1% | 81.0% | 76.5% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 78.7% | 80.5% | 76.9% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 5.5% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.2 min | 14.2 min | 17.0 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 181 | 190 | 210 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,440 | 5,700 | 76,797 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,618 | 30% | 79.6% | 2.4 min | 5.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 990 | 18% | 79.4% | 3.4 min | 5.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 818 | 15% | 76.8% | 5.4 min | 5.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 623 | 11% | 82.5% | -1.9 min | 5.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 453 | 8% | 77.7% | 1.0 min | 6.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 393 | 7% | 80.4% | 1.2 min | 6.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 350 | 6% | 74.6% | 9.7 min | 4.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 117 | 2% | 71.8% | 4.1 min | 4.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 78 | 1% | 66.7% | -0.1 min | 6.4% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 519 | 75.9% | 7.5 min | 5.2% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 276 | 75.7% | 3.1 min | 6.2% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 251 | 84.1% | -4.0 min | 5.6% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 212 | 70.8% | 9.8 min | 5.2% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 205 | 84.4% | 1.9 min | 5.9% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 205 | 81.5% | 0.1 min | 4.9% |
| TPA–PHL | Tampa to Philadelphia | 199 | 76.4% | 8.9 min | 4.5% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 193 | 86.0% | -4.6 min | 5.7% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 188 | 73.4% | 6.0 min | 5.3% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 179 | 83.2% | -1.8 min | 5.6% |
| TPA–BNA | Tampa to Nashville | 167 | 70.1% | 10.4 min | 4.8% |
| TPA–LGA | Tampa to New York | 166 | 67.5% | 9.6 min | 4.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in September 2024?
80.1% of 5,440 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 81.0% of 5,700 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 80.1% and 5.5% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.