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Airport month · August 2025
Tampa International in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,171 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 75.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 1.1 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 5,902 departures with 71.1% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights up 5%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 72.9% of the time (6,164 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, national aviation system 22% and air carrier 21%.
- On time 73.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.1%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.7% | 71.1% | 76.5% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 73.9% | 71.4% | 76.9% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 4.3% | 1.6% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.9 min | 21.6 min | 17.0 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 206 | 197 | 210 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,171 | 5,902 | 76,797 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,705 | 28% | 76.5% | 7.4 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,122 | 18% | 67.1% | 22.6 min | 1.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,084 | 18% | 79.2% | 2.8 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 656 | 11% | 72.4% | 12.0 min | 0.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 578 | 9% | 70.1% | 9.9 min | 1.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 469 | 8% | 71.6% | 14.5 min | 0.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 390 | 6% | 79.0% | 7.1 min | 0.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 88 | 1% | 68.2% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 73 | 1% | 78.1% | 9.5 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 6 | 0% | 33.3% | 41.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 473 | 76.3% | 6.0 min | 0.6% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 288 | 75.7% | 9.8 min | 0.3% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 245 | 62.4% | 27.6 min | 4.1% |
| TPA–LGA | Tampa to New York | 242 | 69.0% | 21.1 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 240 | 66.3% | 22.7 min | 0.8% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 233 | 67.4% | 9.6 min | 0.9% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 229 | 76.4% | 9.7 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 227 | 77.5% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 225 | 75.6% | 13.3 min | 0.9% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 223 | 63.2% | 33.5 min | 0.9% |
| TPA–JFK | Tampa to New York | 208 | 76.9% | 3.3 min | 0.5% |
| TPA–BNA | Tampa to Nashville | 203 | 74.4% | 10.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in August 2025?
75.7% of 6,171 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 71.1% of 5,902 departures left on time and 4.3% were cancelled, against 75.7% and 0.7% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.