Flights New York → Tampa
LGA → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from New York to Tampa operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving on-time performance in 78% of its total 686 flights. The average delay for these flights is approximately 11.3 minutes, and the destination airport sees over 21 million passengers annually, serving them with aircraft such as Airbus A320, Airbus A319, and McDonnell Douglas MD-88.
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 New York (LGA) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines. Across 918 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.38%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.8/100 (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 New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New York (LGA) to Tampa (TPA) heads south-west for about 1,628 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 27m.
Departures from New York on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 44% of LGA-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 918 tracked LGA-TPA flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 3.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about LGA-TPA
On the New York (LGA) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 918 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New York-Tampa is 3.38% across 918 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines.
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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.
