SLC to TPA flight delays
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) Tampa, FL (TPA) · 1,888 miles
737 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
87.35%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.09%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
54 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
8 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 26.7 points more punctual than in July — 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.
Only Delta Air Lines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Salt Lake City to Tampa keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on SLC to TPA. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in July.
Every airline on SLC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 727 | 88.15% | 1.1% | 56 min | A |
| Southwest Airlines | 10 | 30% | 0% | 37 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
TPA to SLC Tampa back to Salt Lake City 86.58% on time BOther routes from Salt Lake City
Common questions
Are flights from Salt Lake City to Tampa usually delayed?
87.35% of flights on the SLC to TPA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Salt Lake City to Tampa?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 727 flights and 88.15% arriving on time.
How often are SLC to TPA flights cancelled?
1.09% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 11 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Salt Lake City to Tampa?
September, when 100% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 73.3%.
When SLC to TPA flights are late, how late are they?
About 54 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 SLC 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 →