Flights St. Louis → Tampa
STL → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Tampa has a 77% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 10.3 minutes when flights are not on time. With a total of 325 flights annually and the destination airport serving over 21 million passengers per year, this route is part of a highly trafficked network.
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 St. Louis (STL) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 418 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.67%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.5/100 (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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Tampa (TPA) heads south-east for about 1,400 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 10m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of STL-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 418 tracked STL-TPA flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.7% 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 STL-TPA
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 418 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Tampa is 1.67% across 418 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.
