1,290 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am: 95% depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 3 in 4.

Best time to leave 6–7 am 95% arrive on time from RDU

Best single flight DL 1279 RDU 06:25 → TPA 08:18 · 94% on time Avoid DL 1275 RDU 18:07 → TPA 20:04 · 76% on time

Time of day × airport

Share of this route’s flights leaving within 15 minutes, by airport and scheduled departure hour, over Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Blank: no flights then (or fewer than 40 in the year).

RDU

% of this route’s flights leaving within 15 min (small number: flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule): 85+75–8465–7455–64under 55

Tampa flights leaving RDU 1–2 pm: 1Close ×


WN 4442	RDU 13:20	TPA 15:15	1h 55m	34	82%	0.0%	63 min

Airlines on this route

Arriving within 15 minutes. Regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Pick an airline to see its flights.


Delta	650	86%	2.2%	83 min
Southwest	382	81%	1.6%	50 min
Frontier	258	80%	3.1%	74 min

Flights, best and worst

Flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule that ran 150+ times in the year. Times are local. Pick a flight for its history.


DL 1279	RDU 06:25	TPA 08:18	94%
DL 1275	RDU 18:07	TPA 20:04	76%

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Nonstops by airline and airport

Arriving within 15 minutes, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Pick a row to see that airline’s flights on that airport pair.


Delta	RDU	TPA	1h 54m	86%	2.2%	650	Flying now
Southwest	RDU	TPA	1h 55m	81%	1.6%	382	Flying now
Frontier	RDU	TPA	1h 59m	80%	3.1%	258	Flying now

Flying on a particular day? Pick a date above and the same ranking uses our forecast odds for each flight that day: Tomorrow.

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