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Airport month · September 2025
Tampa International in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,502 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.8% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 5,440 departures with 80.1% leaving on time: a change of +6.4 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 84.9% of the time (5,501 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 86.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.5% | 80.1% | 76.5% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 86.8% | 78.7% | 76.9% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | 5.5% | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.8 min | 11.2 min | 17.0 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 183 | 181 | 210 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,502 | 5,440 | 76,797 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,592 | 29% | 88.2% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 977 | 18% | 87.8% | -3.2 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 976 | 18% | 84.1% | 3.8 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 589 | 11% | 88.8% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 475 | 9% | 89.5% | -6.1 min | 0.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 389 | 7% | 87.4% | -0.9 min | 0.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 348 | 6% | 79.6% | 1.4 min | 0.6% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 77 | 1% | 77.9% | 4.9 min | 1.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 75 | 1% | 84.0% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 4 | 0% | 75.0% | 5.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 432 | 89.1% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 265 | 89.4% | -4.7 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–LGA | Tampa to New York | 216 | 88.4% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 212 | 86.3% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 206 | 77.7% | 15.4 min | 1.5% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 205 | 88.8% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 201 | 84.6% | 2.8 min | 0.5% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 200 | 89.5% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 199 | 67.8% | 11.5 min | 1.0% |
| TPA–BNA | Tampa to Nashville | 189 | 88.9% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–JFK | Tampa to New York | 182 | 94.0% | -15.2 min | 0.5% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 173 | 78.6% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in September 2025?
86.5% of 5,502 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 80.1% of 5,440 departures left on time and 5.5% were cancelled, against 86.5% and 0.2% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.