Flights Baltimore → Tampa
BWI → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Tampa operates with a Boeing 717 and Boeing 737-800, serving the high traffic destination of Tampa, which sees over twenty-one million passengers annually. With a 73% on-time performance rate, this route experiences an average delay of 16.2 minutes per flight out of the total 734 flights recorded.
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 Baltimore (BWI) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 1004 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.69%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.7/100 (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 Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Tampa (TPA) heads south-west for about 1,358 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 7m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 37% of BWI-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,004 tracked BWI-TPA flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 2.7% 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 BWI-TPA
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 1004 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Tampa is 2.69% across 1004 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.
