FLL to TPA flight delays
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) Tampa, FL (TPA) · 197 miles
1,422 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
73.8%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.62%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
68 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
19 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Southwest Airlines arrived on time 20.4 points more often than JetBlue Airways over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 27.8 points more punctual than in March — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Flights from Fort Lauderdale to Tampa run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on FLL to TPA. JetBlue Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in March.
Every airline on FLL to TPA
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Airlines | 826 | 70.27% | 2.42% | 67 min | D |
| Southwest Airlines | 364 | 86.5% | 0.27% | 58 min | A |
| JetBlue Airways | 232 | 66.09% | 0.86% | 77 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
TPA to FLL Tampa back to Fort Lauderdale 73.12% on time DOther routes from Fort Lauderdale
Common questions
Are flights from Fort Lauderdale to Tampa usually delayed?
73.8% of flights on the FLL to TPA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Fort Lauderdale to Tampa?
Southwest Airlines, at 86.5% on time across 364 flights. The least punctual on the route was JetBlue Airways at 66.09%.
How often are FLL to TPA flights cancelled?
1.62% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 16 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Fort Lauderdale to Tampa?
May, when 84.6% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 56.8%.
When FLL to TPA flights are late, how late are they?
About 68 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on FLL to TPA during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →