Airport month record
TPANOV
Tampa International in November 2025
- Departures
- 6,421
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 9
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at TPA, see live FAA status.
TPA in November lands a B, 2 points better than the national rate of 79.4%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 6,421 flights, of which United Airlines flew 724 at 83.8% on time.
United Airlines is the most reliable of the six carriers covered here at 83.8% on time across 724 flights.
Key figures
On time
81.3%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 6,256 completed departures
Avg delay
79 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.41%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
78.1%
TPA across all twelve months
These figures cover 6,421 departures from Tampa International in November 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
November next to TPA's other months
Against TPA's own year, November ran 3 points better than the twelve-month rate of 78.1%, which makes it number three of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where November stands out: 2.41% of scheduled departures were called off, 1.6 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, October ran 79.2% on time and December 75.4%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 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 (this page) | 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 November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 28 points, against 10 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,343 flights93.1%
- 8am–11am1,269 flights89.0%
- 11am–2pm1,072 flights83.8%
- 2pm–5pm1,061 flights73.6%
- 5pm–8pm1,153 flights70.6%
- 8pm–5am523 flights65.2%
Scale runs 55% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 93.1% of the time, against 65.2% for the overnight window. That is 28 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 1,343 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 89.5% on time and Sunday the weakest at 69.7%. 20 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at TPA in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. United Airlines arrives on time 83.8% of the time; JetBlue Airways manages 74.1%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 489 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,971 | 81.1% | 58 min | 2.28% | B |
| American Airlines | 1,159 | 82.5% | 97 min | 1.64% | B |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,113 | 81.7% | 91 min | 1.71% | B |
| United Airlines | 724 | 83.8% | 94 min | 2.62% | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 513 | 80.4% | 77 min | 2.53% | B |
| JetBlue Airways | 489 | 74.1% | 81 min | 3.89% | C− |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 273 | 84.8% | 85 min | 3.30% | B− |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 110 | 72.4% | 73 min | 10.91% | C− |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 69 | 88.4% | 27 min | 0.00% | A+ |
JetBlue Airways cancels 3.9% 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 November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPA to ATL · Atlanta | 487 | 80.3% | 74 min | 2.87% | B |
| TPA to MIA · Miamithin sample | 285 | 82.1% | 92 min | 3.86% | B− |
| TPA to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 281 | 74.5% | 115 min | 3.56% | C− |
| TPA to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 269 | 85.9% | 79 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| TPA to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 258 | 69.8% | 96 min | 2.33% | C |
| TPA to DEN · Denverthin sample | 245 | 86.1% | 66 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| TPA to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 244 | 74.3% | 97 min | 5.33% | C− |
| TPA to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 233 | 77.4% | 79 min | 3.00% | B |
| TPA to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 230 | 79.5% | 81 min | 3.91% | B− |
| TPA to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 207 | 84.6% | 102 min | 5.31% | B− |
| TPA to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 205 | 85.6% | 51 min | 1.95% | A |
| TPA to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 201 | 80.7% | 99 min | 1.99% | B |
| TPA to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 196 | 79.5% | 74 min | 0.51% | B+ |
| TPA to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 195 | 77.6% | 67 min | 1.03% | B |
| TPA to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 174 | 87.5% | 59 min | 3.45% | A− |
| TPA to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 151 | 88.4% | 92 min | 2.65% | A |
| TPA to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 131 | 83.8% | 53 min | 9.92% | B− |
| TPA to AUS · Austinthin sample | 131 | 78.7% | 88 min | 2.29% | B |
| TPA to SJU · San Juanthin sample | 128 | 76.4% | 81 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| TPA to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 118 | 85.5% | 49 min | 6.78% | A− |
| TPA to MSY · New Orleansthin sample | 111 | 89.2% | 74 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| TPA to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 108 | 85.7% | 117 min | 2.78% | A |
| TPA to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 107 | 78.8% | 52 min | 7.48% | B− |
| TPA to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 105 | 86.5% | 47 min | 0.95% | A+ |
| TPA to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 105 | 76.5% | 77 min | 2.86% | B |
Delay causes
What held TPA up in November
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 43% of the 92,000 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.
- 43%Late-arriving aircraft
- 29%National Airspace System
- 27%Carrier
- 1%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
43% 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 92,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 43 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 92,238 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 2.41% against a national 2.49%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.16%.
7.4% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from TPA in November
For a November trip through TPA: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 81.3% on time with 2.41% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular day.
Related
Where to go next
- Tampa International (TPA), the whole year
- TPA in July69.2%
- TPA in August74.6%
- TPA in September87.1%
- TPA in October79.2%
- 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.