Flights Las Vegas → Tampa
LAS → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Las Vegas to Tampa has a punctuality rate of 68%, with an average delay time of 18.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 223 flights, serving a popular destination airport that accommodates nearly 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 Las Vegas (LAS) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 286 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.35%. 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 Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Las Vegas (LAS) to Tampa (TPA) heads east for about 3,187 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 24m.
Departures from Las Vegas on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 49% of LAS-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 286 tracked LAS-TPA flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 0.3% 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 LAS-TPA
On the Las Vegas (LAS) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 286 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Las Vegas-Tampa is 0.35% across 286 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.
