Flights Austin → Tampa
AUS → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to Tampa operates with a high level of punctuality, with 78% of flights arriving on time. On average, flights experience a delay of 9.2 minutes, and there are a total of 416 scheduled flights annually. The destination airport in Tampa serves over 21 million passengers per year, indicating significant traffic and connectivity.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 526 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.76%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to Tampa (TPA) heads east for about 1,490 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 17m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 45% of AUS-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 526 tracked AUS-TPA flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-TPA
On the Austin (AUS) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 526 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-Tampa is 0.76% across 526 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
