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Airport month · January 2026
Tampa International in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 6,432 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 3.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 6,454 departures with 78.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.4 points, with flights down 0%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 75.2% of the time (6,427 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 77.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
- Cancelled 3.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.4% | 78.8% | 76.5% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 77.8% | 80.0% | 76.9% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 3.8% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.9 min | 13.7 min | 17.0 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 214 | 215 | 210 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,432 | 6,454 | 76,797 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,903 | 30% | 82.4% | -0.7 min | 2.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,194 | 19% | 70.3% | 14.7 min | 8.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,172 | 18% | 80.4% | 1.4 min | 2.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 786 | 12% | 82.8% | -0.9 min | 1.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 501 | 8% | 76.8% | 3.4 min | 3.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 433 | 7% | 72.1% | 9.0 min | 5.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 245 | 4% | 67.8% | 11.6 min | 5.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 128 | 2% | 72.7% | 7.9 min | 2.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 69 | 1% | 65.2% | 10.5 min | 1.4% |
| YX Republic Airline | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 507 | 81.3% | 2.8 min | 2.6% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 300 | 65.0% | 17.3 min | 3.3% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 282 | 74.1% | 16.1 min | 2.5% |
| TPA–LGA | Tampa to New York | 276 | 76.4% | 3.9 min | 5.1% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 263 | 73.8% | 5.6 min | 10.3% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 247 | 85.0% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 245 | 67.8% | 12.9 min | 11.0% |
| TPA–DTW | Tampa to Detroit | 226 | 75.7% | 6.6 min | 1.8% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 206 | 84.0% | -6.9 min | 3.9% |
| TPA–DCA | Tampa to Washington | 205 | 72.7% | 4.2 min | 9.8% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 204 | 70.6% | 7.4 min | 7.4% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 199 | 77.4% | -0.6 min | 4.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in January 2026?
77.4% of 6,432 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 78.8% of 6,454 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 77.4% and 3.8% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.