DCA → TPA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Washington, DC to Tampa, FL · 701 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 31 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 54% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+44 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DCA → TPA (701 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +44 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time54680%
16-30 min467%
31-60 min477%
61-120 min304%
2+ hrs172%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075768%+33 min
2025-085671%+11 min
2025-095688%+6 min
2025-105370%+10 min
2025-115476%+9 min
2025-126767%+20 min
2026-015589%-8 min
2026-025985%-5 min
2026-036785%-3 min
2026-045598%-15 min
2026-055294%-8 min
2026-065565%+10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon10583%
Tue10887%
Wed10483%
Thu10479%
Fri10875%
Sat6083%
Sun9768%

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