ATL → TPA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Atlanta, GA to Tampa, FL · 732 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 38 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 57% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+53 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from ATL to TPA?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on ATL → TPA (732 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +53 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time56077%
16-30 min588%
31-60 min466%
61-120 min365%
2+ hrs253%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076269%+29 min
2025-085463%+25 min
2025-095180%+6 min
2025-106174%+12 min
2025-115781%+7 min
2025-127180%+10 min
2026-016386%-3 min
2026-026389%+5 min
2026-036269%+30 min
2026-046085%+4 min
2026-056164%+13 min
2026-066085%+5 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon10777%
Tue10088%
Wed9682%
Thu10481%
Fri10871%
Sat10376%
Sun10767%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…