Tampa International in July 2026

68.8%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 6,106 domestic departures from Tampa International (TPA). 68.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.0% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so TPA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 6,770 departures with 68.9% leaving on time: a change of −0.1 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at TPA that month were on time 65.7% of the time (6,105 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 70.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.4%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from TPA in July 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	TPA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	68.8%	68.9%	76.5%	68.8%
Arrived on time	70.0%	67.5%	76.9%	69.4%
Cancelled	2.2%	1.8%	1.6%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.0 min	24.7 min	17.0 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	204	226	210	21,066
Scheduled departures	6,106	6,770	76,797	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,929	32%	70.9%	12.6 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,197	20%	68.7%	16.0 min	2.6%
AA American Airlines	1,127	18%	70.7%	19.0 min	1.9%
UA United Airlines	622	10%	74.3%	11.2 min	1.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	572	9%	69.1%	18.4 min	3.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	449	7%	60.4%	21.1 min	8.9%
MQ Envoy Air	93	2%	73.1%	13.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	92	2%	73.9%	5.3 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	25	0%	88.0%	-21.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TPA–ATL	Tampa to Atlanta	545	65.1%	22.4 min	1.7%
TPA–DEN	Tampa to Denver	273	74.4%	6.5 min	0.7%
TPA–DFW	Tampa to Dallas/Fort Worth	272	66.5%	18.4 min	1.5%
TPA–MIA	Tampa to Miami	230	75.7%	26.6 min	0.4%
TPA–BNA	Tampa to Nashville	218	71.6%	14.4 min	0.5%
TPA–JFK	Tampa to New York	217	55.3%	23.0 min	11.5%
TPA–PHL	Tampa to Philadelphia	216	67.6%	16.4 min	2.8%
TPA–BOS	Tampa to Boston	215	67.0%	15.3 min	5.6%
TPA–CLT	Tampa to Charlotte	215	74.4%	14.6 min	1.4%
TPA–ORD	Tampa to Chicago	215	74.4%	12.9 min	0.9%
TPA–BWI	Tampa to Baltimore	195	71.8%	14.9 min	1.5%
TPA–LGA	Tampa to New York	194	62.4%	29.4 min	6.2%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	24.1%	31.7%	32,107
Late-arriving aircraft	50.7%	41.8%	67,599
National Aviation System	21.1%	19.9%	28,117
Extreme weather	4.1%	6.5%	5,438
Security	0.1%	0.1%	163

133,424 delay minutes on 1,672 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left TPA on time in July 2026?

68.8% of 6,106 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 68.9% of 6,770 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 68.8% and 2.2% in July 2026.

Provenance

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