Flights Tampa → Miami
TPA → MIA
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Miami operates with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 79%, with an average delay of 23.6 minutes per flight. With over 754 flights annually, this route serves the highly trafficked Miami International Airport, which handles nearly 50,684,396 passengers each year.
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) → Miami (MIA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 965 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.04%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Miami: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Miami (MIA) heads south-east for about 329 km, a flight time of roughly 50m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 58% of TPA-MIA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Miami it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 965 tracked TPA-MIA flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 1.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about TPA-MIA
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Miami (MIA) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 965 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Miami is 1.04% across 965 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
