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Airport month · December 2025
Tampa International in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,851 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 73.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.2% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 6,803 departures with 76.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 70.1% of the time (6,861 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 74.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.3%
- Cancelled 1.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.3% | 76.6% | 76.5% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 74.2% | 78.4% | 76.9% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.3 min | 16.4 min | 17.0 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 228 | 227 | 210 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,851 | 6,803 | 76,797 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,103 | 31% | 76.4% | 8.1 min | 0.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,269 | 19% | 77.1% | 12.7 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,227 | 18% | 70.3% | 14.2 min | 3.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 828 | 12% | 79.7% | 5.0 min | 0.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 500 | 7% | 71.6% | 17.1 min | 2.8% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 435 | 6% | 66.2% | 17.0 min | 1.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 282 | 4% | 66.0% | 15.4 min | 2.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 116 | 2% | 70.7% | 7.9 min | 0.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 88 | 1% | 63.6% | 10.3 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 3 | 0% | 100.0% | -18.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 501 | 76.2% | 6.8 min | 2.2% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 335 | 69.3% | 20.8 min | 2.1% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 297 | 82.8% | 4.1 min | 0.3% |
| TPA–LGA | Tampa to New York | 281 | 57.3% | 37.4 min | 4.3% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 278 | 82.0% | 5.3 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 272 | 80.1% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 251 | 82.1% | 5.4 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 247 | 65.2% | 19.5 min | 2.8% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 232 | 70.7% | 12.3 min | 1.3% |
| TPA–DTW | Tampa to Detroit | 231 | 69.7% | 17.7 min | 1.3% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 211 | 81.5% | 0.7 min | 0.9% |
| TPA–PHL | Tampa to Philadelphia | 211 | 64.9% | 25.7 min | 1.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in December 2025?
73.3% of 6,851 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 76.6% of 6,803 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 73.3% and 1.4% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.