HOU → TPAHouston to Tampa

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Direct flights from Houston (HOU) to Tampa (TPA): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is on schedule. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 1,255 km, an estimated 2 hours 7 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Houston and Tampa. Updated 12 September 2026 at 13:55 UTC.

HOU Houston smooth · +0
TPA Tampa smooth · +0
1,255 km · ~2h 07m est.
dep bank 07:30–19:157x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live HOU and TPA delay boards

Median arrival delay is +0 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+0 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~2h 07mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Southwest Airlines

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Southwest AirlinesWN

Flights WN1041 07:30 Mo Th Fr · WN2024 varies daily · WN2048 varies daily

History

operated legs · board outcomes
09-11WN1041dep −1 → arr−8
09-11WN2024departed+15
09-11WN2048departed+0

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
HOUHouston +0 min smooth 🌤 scattered clouds · S 8 kt Full HOU delay board →
TPATampa +0 min smooth 🌤 mostly cloudy · SSW 5 kt Full TPA delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at TPA: 42% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +12 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Houston to Tampa route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop HOU to TPA flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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HOU to TPA questions

Is HOU–TPA running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from HOU to TPA?

Great-circle distance is 1,255 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 119–138 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does HOU–TPA fly?

Southwest Airlines runs the route with about 17 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at HOU and arrival-side delay at TPA, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.