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Tampa International Airport (TPA) departure delays

Name: Tampa International Airport (TPA) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 5,759 sampled departures, 53.7% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 34.2 minutes. Sample window: Dec 29, 2025 to May 7, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 23:00–23:59, 11.4% late.
Best day of week: Wednesday, 40.1% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Yute Air Alaska (4Y)	22	86.4%	39.1 min
Palau Micronesia Air (PD)	37	78.4%	51.0 min
Alaska Airlines (AS)	29	75.9%	55.4 min
ChallengAir (1I)	120	75.8%	40.8 min
Southwest Airlines Co. (WN)	1,253	74.6%	41.8 min

Routes from TPA

TPA to ATL — 108 flights per week
TPA to ORD — 88 flights per week
TPA to PHL — 75 flights per week
TPA to DFW — 61 flights per week
TPA to BNA — 60 flights per week
TPA to CLT — 57 flights per week
TPA to DEN — 52 flights per week
TPA to DTW — 52 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

53.7% of this TPA sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=TPA

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "TPA", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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