Flights Tampa → Albany
TPA → ALB
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Albany has a relatively high on-time performance rate of 73%, with an average delay of 12.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 92 flights connecting two cities, with Albany's airport serving approximately 2.8 million 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 Tampa (TPA) → Albany (ALB) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 115 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.87%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.1/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Albany the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Albany: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Albany (ALB) heads north-east for about 1,821 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 42m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 53% of TPA-ALB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Albany it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 115 tracked TPA-ALB flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.9% 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 TPA-ALB
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Albany (ALB) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 115 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Albany is 0.87% across 115 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.
