Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same 80-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 8 am and 30% of the time at 4 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHL	TPA	2h 49m	75%	2.0%	1,705	Flying now
Frontier	PHL	TPA	2h 52m	72%	1.9%	794	Flying now
Southwest	PHL	TPA	2h 40m	77%	1.3%	153	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Tampa on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	PHL 06:10 → IAD 07:19UA 3693 · flown by Republic	1h 41m Dulles	IAD 09:00 → TPA 11:32UA 683	5h 22m	99%	89%
Southwest Details →	PHL 06:12 → STL 07:32WN 3227	2h 33m St Louis	STL 10:05 → TPA 13:25WN 3986	7h 13m	96%	88%
American Details →	PHL 06:00 → CLT 07:53AA 3139	1h 22m Charlotte	CLT 09:15 → TPA 11:04AA 2828	5h 04m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	3h 52m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	7h 30m	100%	80%
Frontier Details →	PHL 07:20 → RDU 08:45F9 2059	1h 43m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 10:28 → TPA 12:23F9 2729	5h 03m	95%	80%
Delta Details →	PHL 09:46 → DTW 11:31DL 2968	2h 34m Detroit	DTW 14:05 → TPA 16:47DL 1243	7h 01m	99%	78%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:40 → MSP 07:23DL 2791	2h 41m Minneapolis	MSP 10:04 → TPA 14:12DL 2696	8h 32m	97%	78%
United Details →	PHL 06:00 → ORD 07:30UA 660	3h 49m Chicago	ORD 11:19 → TPA 15:12UA 1834	9h 12m	100%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	PHL 15:38 → MSP 17:29DL 2679	46m Minneapolis	MSP 18:15 → TPA 22:26DL 2385	6h 48m	65%	48%
Frontier Details →	PHL 06:30 → ATL 09:05F9 2551	58m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → TPA 11:40F9 3782	5h 10m	70%	47%
Delta Details →	PHL 17:22 → DTW 19:09DL 1391	50m Detroit	DTW 19:59 → TPA 22:35DL 1355	5h 17m	62%	46%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

DFW · 1h 17m · leaves 08:20 7%

ATL · 1h 16m · leaves 05:15 8%

CLT · 1h 02m · leaves 08:20 13%

Afternoon and evening

MSP · 46m · leaves 15:38 35%

DTW · 50m · leaves 17:22 38%

DEN · 55m · leaves 20:37 39%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


American AA 1927 PHL 08:57 → IAH United UA 2812 IAH 14:34 → TPA Connection details →	2h 53m	8h 58m	97%	79%
Southwest WN 3215 PHL 09:00 → BNA American AA 3823 BNA 13:30 → TPA Connection details →	3h 25m	7h 24m	100%	76%
American AA 3074 PHL 07:39 → ORD United UA 1834 ORD 11:19 → TPA Connection details →	2h 11m	7h 33m	93%	75%

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Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON