Flights Tampa → Memphis
TPA → MEM
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Memphis has an on-time performance rate of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 42.2 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees five total flights connecting to a destination airport that handles approximately 4,355,206 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) → Memphis (MEM) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 5 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 42 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 8/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Memphis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Memphis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Memphis (MEM) heads north-west for about 1,055 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 44m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of TPA-MEM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Memphis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 5 tracked TPA-MEM flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 42 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
Airlines operating TPA-MEM
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Frequently asked questions about TPA-MEM
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Memphis (MEM) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 42 minutes, based on 5 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Memphis is 0.00% across 5 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.
