Airport month record
TPAJUL
Tampa International in July 2025
- Departures
- 6,770
- Month
- July 2025
- National, same month
- 71.1%
- Carriers
- 9
Historical statistics for July 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s July. For today’s conditions at TPA, see live FAA status.
TPA in July sits in the middle of the pack with a C. About seven flights in ten arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 2 points worse than the national rate of 71.1%. The late ones land a little over an hour behind schedule. That rests on 6,770 flights, of which Spirit Airlines flew 405 at 75.1% on time.
Spirit Airlines is the most reliable of the seven carriers covered here at 75.1% on time across 405 flights.
Key figures
On time
69.2%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 6,604 completed departures
Avg delay
80 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.79%
Nationally in July: 2.45%
Whole year
78.1%
TPA across all twelve months
These figures cover 6,770 departures from Tampa International in July 2025. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
July next to TPA's other months
Against TPA's own year, July ran 9 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 78.1%, which makes it the worst of the twelve months in the data.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 (this page) | 6,770 | 69.2% | 80 min | 1.79% | C |
| August 2025 | 6,171 | 74.6% | 72 min | 0.70% | C+ |
| September 2025 | 5,502 | 87.1% | 73 min | 0.22% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 6,075 | 79.2% | 68 min | 0.51% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 6,421 | 81.3% | 79 min | 2.41% | B |
| December 2025 | 6,851 | 75.4% | 74 min | 1.36% | B |
| January 2026 | 6,432 | 81.0% | 66 min | 3.81% | B− |
| February 2026 | 6,173 | 77.1% | 61 min | 2.25% | B |
| March 2026 | 7,679 | 76.4% | 78 min | 2.89% | B |
| April 2026 | 6,952 | 82.3% | 65 min | 0.49% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 6,471 | 77.0% | 76 min | 0.68% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 5,964 | 77.7% | 73 min | 0.86% | B+ |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave TPA in July
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 42 points, against 16 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,571 flights90.0%
- 8am–11am1,222 flights81.1%
- 11am–2pm1,208 flights70.5%
- 2pm–5pm848 flights58.7%
- 5pm–8pm1,161 flights48.0%
- 8pm–5am760 flights47.8%
Scale runs 40% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 8pm–5am window is where this operation falls apart: 47.8% on time, against 90.0% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 1,571 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Saturday is the strongest day at 79.1% on time and Wednesday the weakest at 64.4%. 15 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at TPA in July
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Spirit Airlines arrives on time 75.1% of the time; Frontier Airlines manages 59.2%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 575 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 2,019 | 74.3% | 68 min | 0.74% | C+ |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,179 | 68.2% | 82 min | 1.53% | C |
| American Airlines | 1,147 | 65.5% | 92 min | 2.96% | C |
| United Airlines | 732 | 69.4% | 84 min | 1.37% | C |
| Frontier Airlines | 575 | 59.2% | 85 min | 2.43% | D |
| JetBlue Airways | 496 | 65.5% | 81 min | 4.84% | C− |
| Spirit Airlines | 405 | 75.1% | 76 min | 0.99% | B+ |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 116 | 66.1% | 78 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 93 | 70.8% | 45 min | 2.15% | C |
JetBlue Airways cancels 4.8% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of TPA in July
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA to ATL · Atlanta | 545 | 66.2% | 74 min | 0.18% | C+ |
| TPA to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 314 | 71.2% | 100 min | 1.59% | C |
| TPA to DEN · Denverthin sample | 286 | 75.5% | 63 min | 0.70% | B+ |
| TPA to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 272 | 65.5% | 78 min | 3.31% | C− |
| TPA to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 261 | 63.7% | 73 min | 4.98% | D− |
| TPA to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 246 | 61.8% | 92 min | 2.03% | D |
| TPA to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 243 | 52.9% | 91 min | 6.17% | F− |
| TPA to MIA · Miamithin sample | 240 | 69.2% | 101 min | 2.08% | C |
| TPA to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 239 | 53.7% | 87 min | 7.95% | F− |
| TPA to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 229 | 64.3% | 86 min | 0.44% | D+ |
| TPA to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 226 | 67.3% | 66 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| TPA to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 217 | 73.4% | 98 min | 6.45% | C− |
| TPA to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 182 | 77.7% | 62 min | 1.10% | B |
| TPA to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 181 | 59.6% | 82 min | 5.52% | D− |
| TPA to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 179 | 65.9% | 98 min | 2.79% | C |
| TPA to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 177 | 78.0% | 80 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| TPA to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 171 | 69.8% | 102 min | 1.17% | C |
| TPA to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 163 | 72.5% | 67 min | 0.61% | C+ |
| TPA to SJU · San Juanthin sample | 145 | 70.1% | 55 min | 0.69% | C+ |
| TPA to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 127 | 76.2% | 77 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| TPA to AUS · Austinthin sample | 115 | 75.7% | 66 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| TPA to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 114 | 78.9% | 76 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| TPA to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 109 | 73.4% | 79 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| TPA to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 105 | 78.8% | 45 min | 0.95% | B+ |
| TPA to STL · St. Louisthin sample | 100 | 80.0% | 43 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held TPA up in July
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 46% of the 162,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.
- 46%Late-arriving aircraft
- 25%National Airspace System
- 22%Carrier
- 7%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
46% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 162,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 6 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 162,131 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.79% against a national 2.45%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.66%.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 13.0% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 12.1% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from TPA in July
For a July trip through TPA: plan on this being one of the airport's harder months. The 5am–8am departures held up best at 90.0% on time, and with 13.0% of arrivals an hour or more late, a connection here deserves more slack than the same trip in September would.
Related
Where to go next
- Tampa International (TPA), the whole year
- TPA in August74.6%
- TPA in September87.1%
- TPA in October79.2%
- TPA in November81.3%
- TPA in December75.4%
- TPA in January81.0%
- TPA in February77.1%
- TPA in March76.4%
- TPA in April82.3%
- TPA in May77.0%
- TPA in June77.7%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.