Flights Tampa → San Antonio
TPA → SAT
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to San Antonio has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.6 minutes. Since its destination airport opened in 1942, it now serves over nine 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) → San Antonio (SAT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 134 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.75%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.5/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Antonio: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to San Antonio (SAT) heads west for about 1,562 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 22m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 64% of TPA-SAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Antonio it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 134 tracked TPA-SAT flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 11 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-SAT
On the Tampa (TPA) -> San Antonio (SAT) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 134 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-San Antonio is 0.75% across 134 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.
