Flights Houston → Tampa
HOU → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Tampa has a punctuality rate of 69%, with an average delay of 14 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 266 flights, serving one of the world's busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at its destination, Tampa.
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 Houston (HOU) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 362 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.1/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Tampa (TPA) heads east for about 1,255 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 59m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 34% of HOU-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 362 tracked HOU-TPA flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 13 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 HOU-TPA
On the Houston (HOU) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 362 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Tampa is 0.83% across 362 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.
