On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2025

Tampa International in November 2025

79.2%departed on time

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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,421 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 6,347 departures with 87.0% leaving on time: a change of −7.8 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 76.4% of the time (6,424 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 27%.

Every scheduled departure from TPA in November 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureNov 2025Nov 2024TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time79.2%87.0%76.5%78.1%
Arrived on time79.2%86.3%76.9%77.3%
Cancelled2.4%0.2%1.6%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.2 min9.5 min17.0 min15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day21421221019,018
Scheduled departures6,4216,34776,797570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,97131%79.0%5.1 min2.3%
AA American Airlines1,15918%81.0%8.1 min1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines1,11317%80.3%7.2 min1.7%
UA United Airlines72411%81.6%5.9 min2.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines5138%78.4%3.9 min2.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways4898%70.8%15.2 min3.9%
NK Spirit Airlines2734%82.1%3.2 min3.3%
MQ Envoy Air1102%64.5%16.1 min10.9%
AS Alaska Airlines691%88.4%-7.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
TPA–ATLTampa to Atlanta48778.0%5.3 min2.9%
TPA–MIATampa to Miami28578.9%9.4 min3.9%
TPA–ORDTampa to Chicago28171.9%21.9 min3.6%
TPA–CLTTampa to Charlotte26985.9%0.8 min0.0%
TPA–LGATampa to New York25868.2%23.8 min2.3%
TPA–DENTampa to Denver24585.7%-1.0 min0.0%
TPA–EWRTampa to Newark24470.1%19.5 min5.3%
TPA–BOSTampa to Boston23375.1%10.5 min3.0%
TPA–DFWTampa to Dallas/Fort Worth23075.7%6.6 min3.9%
TPA–JFKTampa to New York20779.7%7.2 min5.3%
TPA–BWITampa to Baltimore20583.9%0.8 min2.0%
TPA–PHLTampa to Philadelphia20179.1%11.2 min2.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2025Minutes
Air carrier27.2%30.2%25,055
Late-arriving aircraft43.0%38.3%39,657
National Aviation System29.1%26.7%26,856
Extreme weather0.7%4.6%619
Security0.1%0.1%51
92,238 delay minutes on 1,171 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left TPA on time in November 2025?

79.2% of 6,421 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 87.0% of 6,347 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 2.4% in November 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.