MCI → TPA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Kansas City, MO to Tampa, FL · 645 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 30 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 56% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+42 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MCI → TPA (645 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +42 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time49677%
16-30 min6410%
31-60 min355%
61-120 min345%
2+ hrs122%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076164%+31 min
2025-083967%+12 min
2025-093471%+15 min
2025-106087%+2 min
2025-115086%+4 min
2025-124967%+11 min
2026-014587%-4 min
2026-024685%+2 min
2026-036680%+6 min
2026-046583%+0 min
2026-056674%+7 min
2026-066075%+10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon8980%
Tue8278%
Wed7878%
Thu8776%
Fri9083%
Sat11877%
Sun9770%

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