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Airport month · March 2025
Tampa International in March 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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 8,050 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 78.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 1.9 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 8,040 departures with 71.7% leaving on time: a change of +6.3 points, with flights up 0%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 77.0% of the time (8,056 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 26%.
- On time 73.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.0%
- Cancelled 1.7%
- Diverted 0.4%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.0% | 71.7% | 76.5% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 73.9% | 68.8% | 76.9% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.9 min | 23.7 min | 17.0 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 268 | 268 | 210 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,050 | 8,040 | 76,797 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,454 | 30% | 75.8% | 10.3 min | 1.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,315 | 16% | 73.4% | 18.1 min | 2.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,191 | 15% | 69.4% | 17.7 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 912 | 11% | 79.7% | 6.8 min | 0.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 879 | 11% | 70.1% | 14.2 min | 3.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 574 | 7% | 73.5% | 12.8 min | 2.8% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 510 | 6% | 74.7% | 14.5 min | 1.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 125 | 2% | 68.0% | 17.7 min | 5.6% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 90 | 1% | 74.4% | 0.7 min | 2.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 560 | 69.1% | 21.1 min | 1.3% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 357 | 77.0% | 8.8 min | 3.1% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 337 | 76.3% | 9.1 min | 0.9% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 335 | 76.4% | 8.3 min | 1.2% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 320 | 73.4% | 9.5 min | 1.9% |
| TPA–DTW | Tampa to Detroit | 308 | 75.6% | 9.9 min | 0.3% |
| TPA–PHL | Tampa to Philadelphia | 302 | 67.9% | 23.2 min | 2.0% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 285 | 78.9% | 5.5 min | 2.5% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 281 | 69.4% | 37.5 min | 3.9% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 275 | 77.8% | 11.3 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 271 | 77.5% | 8.5 min | 1.8% |
| TPA–JFK | Tampa to New York | 249 | 70.3% | 21.8 min | 0.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in March 2025?
78.0% of 8,050 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 71.7% of 8,040 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 78.0% and 1.7% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.