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Airport month · November 2024

Tampa International in November 2024

87.0%departed on time

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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,347 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 6,737 departures with 86.4% leaving on time: a change of +0.6 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 86.7% of the time (6,349 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 27%.

Every scheduled departure from TPA in November 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureNov 2024Nov 2023TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time87.0%86.4%76.5%85.2%
Arrived on time86.3%87.3%76.9%84.8%
Cancelled0.2%0.1%1.6%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.5 min9.2 min17.0 min10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day21222521019,180
Scheduled departures6,3476,73776,797575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,83829%89.1%-4.3 min0.4%
AA American Airlines1,06017%86.9%1.4 min0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines1,04716%87.6%-2.2 min0.0%
UA United Airlines73012%83.2%3.1 min0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines5348%81.6%3.3 min0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways4848%82.4%3.0 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines4397%90.0%-3.0 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air1332%84.2%-0.7 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines771%59.7%9.3 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline50%80.0%3.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
TPA–ATLTampa to Atlanta52783.9%1.3 min0.0%
TPA–CLTTampa to Charlotte31191.0%-1.9 min0.0%
TPA–EWRTampa to Newark29865.4%20.2 min0.3%
TPA–BWITampa to Baltimore26392.4%-5.1 min0.0%
TPA–DENTampa to Denver26086.2%-4.4 min1.2%
TPA–MIATampa to Miami25188.4%-0.1 min0.0%
TPA–DFWTampa to Dallas/Fort Worth24679.3%6.0 min1.6%
TPA–JFKTampa to New York23486.3%-1.5 min0.0%
TPA–ORDTampa to Chicago23288.8%1.5 min0.0%
TPA–BOSTampa to Boston21484.1%-2.5 min0.0%
TPA–PHLTampa to Philadelphia21081.0%8.1 min0.0%
TPA–LGATampa to New York18984.1%0.8 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2024Minutes
Air carrier32.8%36.9%17,868
Late-arriving aircraft39.1%35.6%21,287
National Aviation System27.4%21.9%14,947
Extreme weather0.6%5.4%311
Security0.1%0.2%63
54,476 delay minutes on 849 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left TPA on time in November 2024?

87.0% of 6,347 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 86.4% of 6,737 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 87.0% and 0.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.