Flights Tampa → Denver
TPA → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Denver operates with an average on-time performance of 81%, experiencing a mean delay of 12.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 822 flights using various aircraft models such as Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, and Boeing 737-800, serving a destination airport that opened in 1989 and currently handles approximately 82.4 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) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1121 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.52%. 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 Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Denver (DEN) heads north-west for about 2,422 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 27m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of TPA-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,121 tracked TPA-DEN flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about TPA-DEN
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 1121 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Denver is 1.52% across 1121 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, 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.
