Tampa International in December 2024

76.6%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,803 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 76.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.4% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 7,257 departures with 81.1% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 74.5% of the time (6,799 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 59%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 78.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	76.6%	81.1%	76.5%	77.8%
Arrived on time	78.4%	82.9%	76.9%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.3%	1.6%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.4 min	13.1 min	17.0 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	227	242	210	19,686
Scheduled departures	6,803	7,257	76,797	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,946	29%	80.8%	4.7 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	1,156	17%	77.4%	10.2 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,145	17%	78.1%	6.3 min	0.1%
UA United Airlines	803	12%	82.6%	0.5 min	0.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	618	9%	72.7%	10.5 min	0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	503	7%	75.1%	12.2 min	0.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	386	6%	79.8%	4.1 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	131	2%	79.4%	10.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	100	1%	62.0%	28.8 min	2.0%
9E Endeavor Air	8	0%	37.5%	87.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	7	0%	57.1%	19.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TPA–ATL	Tampa to Atlanta	542	77.9%	7.2 min	0.2%
TPA–CLT	Tampa to Charlotte	335	80.9%	5.4 min	0.0%
TPA–EWR	Tampa to Newark	297	72.7%	6.1 min	0.0%
TPA–ORD	Tampa to Chicago	290	79.3%	3.2 min	0.0%
TPA–DEN	Tampa to Denver	273	83.9%	1.9 min	0.4%
TPA–MIA	Tampa to Miami	266	77.4%	15.8 min	0.4%
TPA–BWI	Tampa to Baltimore	261	87.7%	0.1 min	0.4%
TPA–JFK	Tampa to New York	257	77.0%	10.7 min	0.4%
TPA–BOS	Tampa to Boston	254	72.0%	10.8 min	1.2%
TPA–DFW	Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth	223	73.1%	12.3 min	1.8%
TPA–LGA	Tampa to New York	206	72.8%	12.4 min	0.0%
TPA–PHL	Tampa to Philadelphia	206	71.8%	13.7 min	0.0%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.8%	34.3%	21,652
Late-arriving aircraft	59.1%	40.2%	58,690
National Aviation System	17.7%	17.8%	17,581
Extreme weather	1.4%	7.5%	1,418
Security	0.0%	0.2%	2

99,343 delay minutes on 1,434 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left TPA on time in December 2024?

76.6% of 6,803 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 81.1% of 7,257 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 76.6% and 0.4% in December 2024.

Provenance

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