MSY → TPA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · New Orleans, LA to Tampa, FL · 854 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 46 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 98% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 57% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+43 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MSY → TPA (854 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +43 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time67580%
16-30 min536%
31-60 min678%
61-120 min304%
2+ hrs223%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075677%+19 min
2025-084888%-1 min
2025-094794%-8 min
2025-108382%+7 min
2025-118282%+2 min
2025-128981%+4 min
2026-016689%-5 min
2026-027183%+2 min
2026-038975%+9 min
2026-047977%+6 min
2026-058068%+20 min
2026-065768%+29 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13485%
Tue11588%
Wed11283%
Thu13475%
Fri13479%
Sat7784%
Sun14168%

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