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Airport month · April 2026
Tampa International in April 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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 6,952 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so TPA departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 7,297 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 79.7% of the time (6,952 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 81.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.6%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2026 | Apr 2025 | TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.3% | 80.8% | 76.5% | 79.1% |
| Arrived on time | 81.7% | 79.9% | 76.9% | 78.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.6% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.4 min | 14.4 min | 17.0 min | 14.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 232 | 243 | 210 | 19,931 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,952 | 7,297 | 76,797 | 597,919 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,179 | 31% | 80.4% | 3.0 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,282 | 18% | 87.7% | -1.3 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,204 | 17% | 81.1% | 6.5 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 800 | 12% | 87.6% | -4.0 min | 0.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 646 | 9% | 76.6% | 7.9 min | 1.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 433 | 6% | 78.5% | 6.6 min | 0.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 220 | 3% | 65.5% | 18.0 min | 3.6% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 90 | 1% | 78.9% | 4.4 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 76 | 1% | 81.6% | -0.5 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 22 | 0% | 81.8% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA–ATL | Tampa to Atlanta | 557 | 85.6% | -1.7 min | 0.5% |
| TPA–ORD | Tampa to Chicago | 315 | 74.0% | 10.9 min | 1.3% |
| TPA–BOS | Tampa to Boston | 304 | 78.3% | 6.5 min | 0.7% |
| TPA–CLT | Tampa to Charlotte | 283 | 87.3% | -4.9 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–BWI | Tampa to Baltimore | 266 | 83.1% | 1.7 min | 0.4% |
| TPA–DFW | Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 256 | 77.3% | 2.7 min | 1.2% |
| TPA–PHL | Tampa to Philadelphia | 253 | 80.2% | 5.4 min | 0.8% |
| TPA–DEN | Tampa to Denver | 250 | 85.6% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–EWR | Tampa to Newark | 235 | 93.2% | -10.5 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–DTW | Tampa to Detroit | 230 | 81.7% | 8.5 min | 0.9% |
| TPA–MIA | Tampa to Miami | 227 | 78.9% | 22.4 min | 0.0% |
| TPA–BNA | Tampa to Nashville | 215 | 79.5% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TPA on time in April 2026?
80.3% of 6,952 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2025, 80.8% of 7,297 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 0.5% in April 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.