Flights Tampa → Austin
TPA → AUS
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Austin operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, experiencing a mean delay of 8.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 416 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in its destination city, which handles approximately 21 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) → Austin (AUS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 518 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.58%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Austin: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Austin (AUS) heads west for about 1,490 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 17m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of TPA-AUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Austin it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 518 tracked TPA-AUS flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.6% 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-AUS
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Austin (AUS) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 518 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Austin is 0.58% across 518 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.
