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Airport month · April 2025
Tampa International in April 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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 7,297 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so TPA departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 7,121 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.2 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 78.8% of the time (7,294 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 26%.
- On time 79.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.1%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.3%
April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2025 | Apr 2024 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.8% | 81.0% | 76.5% | 80.6% |
| Arrived on time | 79.9% | 80.0% | 76.9% | 79.5% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 0.8% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.4 min | 15.5 min | 17.0 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 243 | 237 | 210 | 19,465 |
| Scheduled departures | 7,297 | 7,121 | 76,797 | 583,950 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,140 | 29% | 82.8% | 3.0 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,239 | 17% | 78.9% | 6.9 min | 1.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,181 | 16% | 79.3% | 7.8 min | 1.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 784 | 11% | 83.0% | 3.4 min | 0.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 782 | 11% | 71.4% | 12.3 min | 1.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 494 | 7% | 80.8% | 7.6 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 467 | 6% | 79.4% | 4.1 min | 0.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 120 | 2% | 74.2% | 9.8 min | 1.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 90 | 1% | 82.2% | -9.4 min | 1.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 519 | 75.7% | 10.9 min | 1.9% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 336 | 80.7% | 8.1 min | 0.3% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 330 | 77.9% | 7.1 min | 0.3% |
| TPA–PHL | Tampa to Philadelphia | 314 | 76.8% | 11.0 min | 1.0% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 300 | 74.7% | 11.5 min | 1.3% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 275 | 77.1% | 9.0 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 269 | 84.4% | 5.0 min | 1.5% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 252 | 80.6% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–JFK | Tampa to New York | 248 | 78.6% | 4.9 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–DTW | Tampa to Detroit | 236 | 81.8% | 8.4 min | 0.8% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 230 | 69.1% | 8.6 min | 3.5% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 225 | 69.8% | 19.4 min | 0.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in April 2025?
80.8% of 7,297 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2024, 81.0% of 7,121 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 0.8% in April 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.