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PHX to TPA flight delays

Phoenix, AZ (PHX) Tampa, FL (TPA) · 1,788 miles

2,391 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics

74.24%

Arrived on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0.75%

Cancelled

Share of scheduled flights

62 min

When late, late by

Average across delayed arrivals

17 min

Delay per flight

Averaged over every flight flown

What the record says about this route

Which airline you fly changes the odds here. American Airlines arrived on time 9.5 points more often than Southwest Airlines 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 November it ran 36 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.

The route has been getting worse. The later months run 8 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.

The two directions do not behave alike. TPA to PHX arrives on time 6.1 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.

Which airline should you fly on this route?

Over July 2024 – July 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on PHX to TPA. Southwest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in July.

Every airline on PHX 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
American Airlines 1,386 78.23% 0.87% 68 min C
Southwest Airlines 1,005 68.77% 0.6% 56 min D

Month by month

Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.

Jul 2024 peak 89 Jun 2026
On-time arrival rate, %

Common questions

Are flights from Phoenix to Tampa usually delayed?

74.24% of flights on the PHX to TPA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.

Which airline is most on time from Phoenix to Tampa?

American Airlines, at 78.23% on time across 1,386 flights. The least punctual on the route was Southwest Airlines at 68.77%.

How often are PHX to TPA flights cancelled?

0.75% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 8 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.

What is the best month to fly Phoenix to Tampa?

November, when 89.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 53.2%.

When PHX to TPA flights are late, how late are they?

About 62 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 PHX to TPA during July 2024 – July 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 →