Flights Tampa → Houston
TPA → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Houston operates with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 77%, with an average delay time of 12.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 267 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in Houston which handles nearly 13.9 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) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 363 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Houston (HOU) heads west for about 1,255 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 59m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 36% of TPA-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 363 tracked TPA-HOU flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.8% 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-HOU
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 363 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Houston is 0.83% across 363 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.
