Flights Tampa → Birmingham
TPA → BHM
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Birmingham operates with an average on-time performance of 82%, experiencing a mean delay of 8.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 102 flights, serving a significant portion of the nearly 2.65 million passengers who transit through the destination airport 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) → Birmingham (BHM) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 137 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11.4/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Birmingham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Birmingham (BHM) heads north-west for about 740 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 21m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of TPA-BHM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Birmingham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 137 tracked TPA-BHM flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.0% 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-BHM
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Birmingham (BHM) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 137 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Birmingham is 0.00% across 137 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.
