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Airport month · March 2026
Tampa International in March 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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 7,679 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 71.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 8,050 departures with 78.0% leaving on time: a change of −7.0 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 70.9% of the time (7,674 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, national aviation system 24% and air carrier 24%.
- On time 73.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.9%
- Cancelled 2.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 71.0% | 78.0% | 76.5% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 73.9% | 73.9% | 76.9% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.5 min | 18.9 min | 17.0 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 256 | 268 | 210 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 7,679 | 8,050 | 76,797 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,414 | 31% | 73.0% | 7.6 min | 2.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,342 | 17% | 76.1% | 7.1 min | 2.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,338 | 17% | 77.8% | 6.2 min | 3.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 915 | 12% | 80.3% | 2.6 min | 0.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 744 | 10% | 70.6% | 18.2 min | 2.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 455 | 6% | 73.0% | 13.2 min | 1.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 287 | 4% | 47.4% | 38.7 min | 9.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 93 | 1% | 75.3% | -3.4 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 87 | 1% | 59.8% | 17.9 min | 3.4% |
| YX Republic Airline | 4 | 0% | 50.0% | 19.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 568 | 76.1% | 5.1 min | 3.7% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 341 | 59.5% | 32.2 min | 3.8% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 334 | 81.7% | 1.9 min | 2.1% |
| TPA–DTW | Tampa to Detroit | 321 | 74.1% | 10.2 min | 5.3% |
| TPA–PHL | Tampa to Philadelphia | 317 | 67.5% | 27.8 min | 1.6% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 285 | 73.3% | 17.1 min | 2.8% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 285 | 82.5% | -3.4 min | 2.5% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 279 | 75.3% | 14.3 min | 2.2% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 267 | 75.3% | 0.6 min | 3.0% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 262 | 77.5% | 2.7 min | 3.4% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 246 | 76.8% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–LGA | Tampa to New York | 234 | 65.4% | 19.4 min | 4.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in March 2026?
71.0% of 7,679 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 78.0% of 8,050 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 71.0% and 2.9% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.