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When is Tampa security busiest? 5 to 6 every morning.

Calmest around 5 pm. Choose any hour on the board.

People screened per hour at TPA checkpoints, by weekday and hour; choose a cell to read it
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Monday, 5 am

3,560

people screened, 8-week average.

Which checkpoint is busiest? TPA E and TPA C, by 6 am.

Every checkpoint peaks before noon.

Security counts,

  • TPA E

    6 am

    1,040 screened

  • TPA C

    5 am

    800 screened

  • TPA A

    6 am

    910 screened

  • TPA F

    5 am

    570 screened

Which departures leave on time? Leave in the morning.

5 am: 92% left on time. 9 pm: 52%.

Flight records,

Share of TPA departures leaving less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour
DepartsBarLeft on time
5 am92%
6 am92%
7 am91%
8 am90%
9 am86%
10 am82%
11 am80%
12 pm78%
1 pm73%
2 pm70%
3 pm69%
4 pm67%
5 pm63%
6 pm60%
7 pm60%
8 pm58%
9 pm52%
10 pm56%

Which airline runs on time here? United and Delta lead.

Southwest flies 31% of TPA departures and landed on time 76% of the time.

Flight records,

  1. United 8,554 flights, 0.9% cancelled 81%
  2. Delta 14,147 flights, 1.7% cancelled 79%
  3. Southwest 23,749 flights, 1.0% cancelled 76%
  4. American 14,973 flights, 2.0% cancelled 76%
  5. Frontier 6,533 flights, 2.0% cancelled 76%
  6. JetBlue 5,131 flights, 3.5% cancelled 71%

Not ranked, under ten flights a day: Alaska 73% of 986, Spirit 70% of 2,289.

Where do TPA flights land late? Chicago, New York, Boston.

Lowest on-time rates of the 8 busiest.

Flight records,

ToFlightsOn time
ATL Atlanta6,20078%
ORD Chicago3,17171%
DEN Denver3,08980%
CLT Charlotte3,03782%
MIA Miami2,92478%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth2,91773%
BOS Boston2,78472%
LGA New York2,76471%