Flights Islip → Tampa
ISP → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Islip to Tampa has a punctuality rate of 73%, with an average delay of 13.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 145 flights, connecting Islip to one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which serves approximately 21,528,249 passengers annually.
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 Islip (ISP) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 199 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.52%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 32.2/100 (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 Islip the average ATFM delay is 3.5 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Islip (ISP) to Tampa (TPA) heads south-west for about 1,665 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 30m.
Departures from Islip on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of ISP-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Islip the average ATFM delay is 3.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 199 tracked ISP-TPA flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 3.5% 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 ISP-TPA
On the Islip (ISP) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 199 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Islip-Tampa is 3.52% across 199 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.
