DAL → TPA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to Tampa, FL · 1,304 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 91 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 48% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+55 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → TPA (1,304 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +55 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time91171%
16-30 min13911%
31-60 min12410%
61-120 min796%
2+ hrs373%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0712761%+26 min
2025-089568%+13 min
2025-099083%+1 min
2025-1011878%+11 min
2025-1110773%+13 min
2025-1211075%+10 min
2026-019481%+4 min
2026-0210571%+11 min
2026-0311666%+18 min
2026-0411072%+10 min
2026-0511266%+18 min
2026-0610657%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon18971%
Tue17577%
Wed16975%
Thu19166%
Fri19572%
Sat17272%
Sun19963%

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