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Airport month · October 2025
Tampa International in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,075 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 6,051 departures with 77.4% leaving on time: a change of +3.2 points, with flights up 0%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 77.8% of the time (6,078 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 27%.
- On time 78.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.6% | 77.4% | 76.5% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 78.7% | 78.8% | 76.9% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 10.5% | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.1 min | 9.8 min | 17.0 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 203 | 202 | 210 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,075 | 6,051 | 76,797 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,935 | 32% | 77.0% | 7.5 min | 0.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,110 | 18% | 79.8% | 7.8 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,025 | 17% | 81.3% | 7.6 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 654 | 11% | 84.1% | 2.0 min | 0.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 462 | 8% | 80.3% | 4.1 min | 0.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 404 | 7% | 68.6% | 19.2 min | 1.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 355 | 6% | 78.3% | 8.1 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 65 | 1% | 80.0% | 11.7 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 64 | 1% | 68.8% | 18.0 min | 1.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 483 | 81.8% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 258 | 93.0% | -7.7 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–LGA | Tampa to New York | 248 | 65.3% | 28.9 min | 2.0% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 241 | 80.5% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 236 | 82.6% | 7.7 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 223 | 68.2% | 17.8 min | 1.3% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 219 | 68.9% | 16.4 min | 0.5% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 215 | 81.4% | 6.2 min | 1.4% |
| TPA–BNA | Tampa to Nashville | 214 | 77.1% | 11.3 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 208 | 84.1% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–PHL | Tampa to Philadelphia | 203 | 76.8% | 12.1 min | 0.5% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 182 | 69.8% | 16.9 min | 1.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in October 2025?
80.6% of 6,075 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 77.4% of 6,051 departures left on time and 10.5% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 0.5% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.