Flights Memphis → Tampa
MEM → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Memphis to Tampa operates with a high level of punctuality, with 80% of flights arriving on time. However, when delays do occur, the average delay is approximately 23 minutes. With only five total flights recorded for this route, it serves a significant portion of the annual traffic at its destination airport, which handles nearly 21.5 million passengers per year.
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 Memphis (MEM) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 5 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 8/100 (low), 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 Memphis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Memphis (MEM) to Tampa (TPA) heads south-east for about 1,055 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 44m.
Departures from Memphis on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of MEM-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Memphis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 5 tracked MEM-TPA flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
Airlines operating MEM-TPA
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Frequently asked questions about MEM-TPA
On the Memphis (MEM) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 5 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Memphis-Tampa is 0.00% across 5 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.
