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Airport month · October 2024
Tampa International in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,051 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.8% reached their destination on time; 10.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 8.1 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 6,607 departures with 85.0% leaving on time: a change of −7.6 points, with flights down 8%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 76.2% of the time (6,057 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 78.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.7%
- Cancelled 10.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.4% | 85.0% | 76.5% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 78.8% | 85.4% | 76.9% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 10.5% | 0.3% | 1.6% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.8 min | 10.7 min | 17.0 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 202 | 220 | 210 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,051 | 6,607 | 76,797 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,867 | 31% | 79.3% | -2.9 min | 10.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,097 | 18% | 80.1% | -1.1 min | 9.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 982 | 16% | 78.3% | -1.2 min | 11.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 685 | 11% | 80.7% | -4.8 min | 10.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 467 | 8% | 76.2% | 2.5 min | 9.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 399 | 7% | 78.2% | -4.7 min | 10.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 393 | 6% | 77.1% | 0.6 min | 11.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 99 | 2% | 72.7% | 3.8 min | 9.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 1% | 66.1% | 8.4 min | 9.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 541 | 77.6% | 2.3 min | 9.8% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 296 | 78.7% | -2.3 min | 11.5% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 254 | 79.1% | -1.0 min | 10.6% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 239 | 81.6% | -8.7 min | 10.9% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 236 | 78.0% | -1.5 min | 10.2% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 228 | 82.0% | -5.8 min | 9.6% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 225 | 77.3% | 2.0 min | 11.1% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 225 | 79.6% | -0.8 min | 11.1% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 214 | 76.6% | -3.1 min | 9.8% |
| TPA–PHL | Tampa to Philadelphia | 214 | 74.8% | 6.9 min | 10.3% |
| TPA–LGA | Tampa to New York | 191 | 74.3% | 0.4 min | 11.0% |
| TPA–BNA | Tampa to Nashville | 183 | 77.6% | -3.3 min | 10.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in October 2024?
77.4% of 6,051 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 85.0% of 6,607 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 77.4% and 10.5% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.