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TPA vs BUF - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
TPA

Tampa, FL

Tampa, Florida

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Airport B
BUF

Buffalo, NY

Buffalo, New York

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric TPA BUF
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 79.8% 80.6%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 73.4 min 75.7 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 20.2% 19.4%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.30% 1.75%
Total Flights 860,941 221,909
Delayed Flights 173,948 42,968
Cancelled Flights 11,168 3,878
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

TPA - Tampa, FL

Late Aircraft 47.0%
Carrier 28.4%
NAS 20.3%
Weather 4.2%
Security 0.1%

BUF - Buffalo, NY

Late Aircraft 42.0%
Carrier 30.5%
NAS 22.9%
Weather 4.5%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from TPA

Route Flights On-Time
TPA → ATL
Atlanta
36,188 83.4%
ATL → TPA
Tampa
36,182 78.6%
CLT → TPA
Tampa
18,976 77.4%
TPA → CLT
Charlotte
18,970 83.1%
TPA → ORD
Chicago
18,049 81%
ORD → TPA
Tampa
18,022 78.2%

Top routes from BUF

Route Flights On-Time
JFK → BUF
Buffalo
13,155 78.5%
BUF → JFK
New York
13,149 82.1%
BUF → ORD
Chicago
9,831 81.5%
ORD → BUF
Buffalo
9,803 79%
BUF → BWI
Baltimore
9,345 87.7%
BWI → BUF
Buffalo
9,340 74.6%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.