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Airport month · February 2025
Tampa International in February 2025
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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,306 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 79.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so TPA departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 6,571 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of −6.8 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 76.5% of the time (6,306 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 80.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.3%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.4% | 86.2% | 76.5% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 80.6% | 84.1% | 76.9% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.4 min | 9.3 min | 17.0 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 210 | 219 | 210 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,306 | 6,571 | 76,797 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,823 | 29% | 83.0% | 3.2 min | 0.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,111 | 18% | 79.9% | 8.7 min | 1.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 970 | 15% | 79.5% | 11.1 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 759 | 12% | 86.2% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 647 | 10% | 73.3% | 11.3 min | 2.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 437 | 7% | 76.9% | 6.0 min | 2.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 379 | 6% | 79.4% | 3.0 min | 1.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 100 | 2% | 83.0% | 16.6 min | 1.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 80 | 1% | 73.8% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 481 | 77.1% | 11.5 min | 0.2% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 299 | 84.3% | -5.0 min | 2.3% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 264 | 81.4% | 23.1 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 260 | 73.1% | 10.7 min | 3.1% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 256 | 84.0% | 3.1 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 256 | 82.8% | 1.9 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 237 | 82.3% | 4.7 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–JFK | Tampa to New York | 220 | 74.1% | 13.9 min | 0.9% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 219 | 85.4% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–DTW | Tampa to Detroit | 211 | 81.0% | 7.9 min | 0.9% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 206 | 83.5% | 3.0 min | 1.0% |
| TPA–PHL | Tampa to Philadelphia | 202 | 77.2% | 9.8 min | 2.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in February 2025?
79.4% of 6,306 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 86.2% of 6,571 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 79.4% and 0.9% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.