TPA to MIA flight delays
Tampa, FL (TPA) Miami, FL (MIA) · 204 miles
227 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
78.76%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.44%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
79 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
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 79 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The two directions do not behave alike. MIA to TPA arrives on time 6.8 points less 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.
Only American Airlines 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.
This is a thin route — 227 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on TPA to MIA.
Every airline on TPA to MIA
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 | 196 | 80% | 0.51% | 86 min | B |
| Envoy Air | 31 | 70.97% | 0% | 45 min | — |
The return leg
MIA to TPA Miami back to Tampa 72% on time COther routes from Tampa
Common questions
Are flights from Tampa to Miami usually delayed?
78.76% of flights on the TPA to MIA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Tampa to Miami?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 196 flights and 80% arriving on time.
How often are TPA to MIA flights cancelled?
0.44% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 4 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When TPA to MIA flights are late, how late are they?
About 79 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 TPA to MIA during March 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 →