Flights San Juan → Tampa
SJU → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from San Juan to Tampa operates with an average on-time performance rate of 73%, experiencing a mean delay of 16 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 363 flights using Airbus A320 aircraft, serving one of the world's busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, located in 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 San Juan (SJU) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines. Across 489 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.84%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.4/100 (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 San Juan the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Juan (SJU) to Tampa (TPA) heads north-west for about 1,991 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 55m.
Departures from San Juan on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 46% of SJU-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Juan the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 489 tracked SJU-TPA flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 1.8% 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% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about SJU-TPA
On the San Juan (SJU) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 489 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Juan-Tampa is 1.84% across 489 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: JetBlue Airways, 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.
