Flights Tampa → Cincinnati
TPA → CVG
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Cincinnati operates with a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 78%, with an average delay of 16.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 205 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in its destination city, which handles nearly 7.6 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) → Cincinnati (CVG) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 299 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.67%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Cincinnati: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Cincinnati (CVG) heads north for about 1,247 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 59m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 53% of TPA-CVG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cincinnati it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 299 tracked TPA-CVG flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about TPA-CVG
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Cincinnati (CVG) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 299 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Cincinnati is 1.67% across 299 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
