Flights Tampa → Milwaukee
TPA → MKE
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Milwaukee has a 78% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 11.2 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees 166 total flights, serving the busy destination airport in Milwaukee which handles approximately 6,015,731 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) → Milwaukee (MKE) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 203 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.94%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Milwaukee the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Milwaukee: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Milwaukee (MKE) heads north for about 1,733 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 35m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 48% of TPA-MKE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Milwaukee it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 203 tracked TPA-MKE flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 3.9% 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-MKE
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Milwaukee (MKE) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 203 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Milwaukee is 3.94% across 203 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.
