# Tampa International Airport (TPA / KTPA)

**Tampa International Airport** (IATA: TPA, ICAO: KTPA) is a large airport in Tampa, Florida, United States. It opened in 1928. It has 3 runways; the longest is 11,002 ft (3,353 m). In 2025 it handled 24.4 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktpa

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TPA / KTPA
- FAA: TPA
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Tampa, Florida, United States
- Opened: 1928
- Elevation: 27 ft / 8 m
- Coordinates: 27.9755, -82.5332
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 11,002 ft / 3,353 m
- Instrument procedures: 16 approaches, 8 departures, 4 arrivals
- Passengers: 24,357,101 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://tampaairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_International_Airport (35 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q571536
- Weather station: KTPA · WMO 72211
- Ident: KTPA

## Timeline

- 1928: Tampa International Airport opens.
- 6 Nov 1986: Q98082701.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01L/19R | 11,002 ft / 3,353 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 002° / 182° | yes |
| 01R/19L | 8,300 ft / 2,530 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 002° / 182° | yes |
| 10/28 | 6,999 ft / 2,133 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 092° / 272° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00416AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 17,552,707 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 18,604,412 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 18,604,110 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 19,333,114 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 20,942,930 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 22,064,977 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 10,093,359 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 17,864,461 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 21,236,130 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 23,632,925 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 24,286,992 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 24,357,101 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

96 destinations in 13 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (87)

- [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 197 mi / 317 km · JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 204 mi / 329 km · American Airlines
- [EYW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keyw.md) Key West International Airport · United States · 241 mi / 388 km · Breeze Airways
- [PNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpns.md) Pensacola International Airport · United States · 329 mi / 530 km · Breeze Airways
- [HAV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/muha.md) José Martí International Airport · Cuba · 345 mi / 555 km · Southwest Airlines
- [CHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kchs.md) Charleston International Airport · United States · 371 mi / 597 km · Breeze Airways
- [NAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mynn.md) Lynden Pindling International Airport · Bahamas · 373 mi / 601 km · Breeze Airways
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 407 mi / 655 km · Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines
- [GPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgpt.md) Gulfport Biloxi International Airport · United States · 429 mi / 690 km · Breeze Airways
- [MYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmyr.md) Myrtle Beach International Airport · United States · 449 mi / 722 km · Breeze Airways
- [BHM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbhm.md) Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport · United States · 460 mi / 740 km · Southwest Airlines
- [GSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgsp.md) Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport · United States · 478 mi / 770 km · Breeze Airways
- [MSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsy.md) Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport · United States · 488 mi / 785 km · Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 509 mi / 819 km · American Airlines
- [ILM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kilm.md) Wilmington International Airport · United States · 514 mi / 827 km · Breeze Airways, Avelo Airlines
- [USA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjqf.md) Concord-Padgett Regional Airport · United States · 523 mi / 842 km · Avelo Airlines
- [HSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khsv.md) Huntsville International Airport · United States · 524 mi / 843 km · Breeze Airways
- [TYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktys.md) McGhee Tyson Airport · United States · 548 mi / 882 km · Southwest Airlines
- [CUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmun.md) Cancún International Airport · Mexico · 551 mi / 887 km · JetBlue Airways, Breeze Airways
- [RDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdu.md) Raleigh-Durham International Airport · United States · 588 mi / 947 km · Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways
- [GCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mwcr.md) Owen Roberts International Airport · Cayman Islands · 605 mi / 973 km · Cayman Airways
- [BNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbna.md) Nashville International Airport · United States · 613 mi / 986 km · Southwest Airlines
- [MEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmem.md) Frederick W. Smith International Airport · United States · 656 mi / 1,056 km · Breeze Airways
- [MBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkjs.md) Sangster International Airport · Jamaica · 717 mi / 1,154 km · Breeze Airways
- [ORF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/korf.md) Norfolk International Airport · United States · 718 mi / 1,156 km · Breeze Airways
- [CRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcrw.md) Yeager Airport · United States · 720 mi / 1,159 km · Breeze Airways
- [RIC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kric.md) Richmond International Airport · United States · 725 mi / 1,166 km · Breeze Airways
- [SDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdf.md) Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · United States · 728 mi / 1,172 km · Southwest Airlines
- [CVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcvg.md) Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · United States · 775 mi / 1,247 km · Delta Air Lines
- [HOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khou.md) William P. Hobby Airport · United States · 780 mi / 1,255 km · Southwest Airlines
- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 786 mi / 1,265 km · United Airlines
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 812 mi / 1,307 km · United Airlines
- [DCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdca.md) Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · United States · 815 mi / 1,312 km · American Airlines, Southwest Airlines
- [CMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcmh.md) John Glenn Columbus International Airport · United States · 831 mi / 1,337 km · Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways
- [IND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kind.md) Indianapolis International Airport · United States · 839 mi / 1,351 km · Southwest Airlines
- [BWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbwi.md) Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport · United States · 844 mi / 1,358 km · Southwest Airlines
- [STL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kstl.md) St. Louis Lambert International Airport · United States · 870 mi / 1,400 km · Southwest Airlines
- [PIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpit.md) Pittsburgh International Airport · United States · 875 mi / 1,408 km · Southwest Airlines
- [XNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kxna.md) Northwest Arkansas National Airport · United States · 895 mi / 1,441 km · Breeze Airways
- [CAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcak.md) Akron Canton Regional Airport · United States · 896 mi / 1,442 km · Breeze Airways
- [ILG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kilg.md) Wilmington Airport · United States · 900 mi / 1,449 km · Avelo Airlines
- [DTX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktki.md) McKinney National Airport · United States · 909 mi / 1,463 km · Avelo Airlines
- [ACY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kacy.md) Atlantic City International Airport · United States · 915 mi / 1,472 km · Breeze Airways
- [DAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdal.md) Dallas Love Field · United States · 916 mi / 1,474 km · Southwest Airlines
- [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · United States · 921 mi / 1,483 km · American Airlines, Southwest Airlines
- [AUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaus.md) Austin Bergstrom International Airport · United States · 926 mi / 1,490 km · Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 928 mi / 1,493 km · American Airlines
- [SAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksat.md) San Antonio International Airport · United States · 971 mi / 1,562 km · Southwest Airlines
- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 985 mi / 1,585 km · Delta Air Lines
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 999 mi / 1,607 km · United Airlines
- [MDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdw.md) Chicago Midway International Airport · United States · 999 mi / 1,607 km · Southwest Airlines
- [AVP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kavp.md) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport · United States · 1,000 mi / 1,610 km · Breeze Airways
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 1,006 mi / 1,619 km · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines
- [LGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klga.md) LaGuardia Airport · United States · 1,012 mi / 1,628 km · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 1,013 mi / 1,631 km · United Airlines, American Airlines
- [HPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khpn.md) Westchester County Airport · United States · 1,033 mi / 1,663 km · JetBlue Airways
- [ISP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kisp.md) Long Island MacArthur Airport · United States · 1,035 mi / 1,665 km · Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways
- [MCI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmci.md) Kansas City International Airport · United States · 1,048 mi / 1,687 km · Southwest Airlines
- [BUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbuf.md) Buffalo Niagara International Airport · United States · 1,056 mi / 1,699 km · Southwest Airlines
- [HVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khvn.md) Tweed New Haven Airport · United States · 1,068 mi / 1,718 km · Avelo Airlines
- [MKE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmke.md) General Mitchell International Airport · United States · 1,077 mi / 1,733 km · Southwest Airlines
- [ROC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kroc.md) Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport · United States · 1,081 mi / 1,740 km · Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 1,097 mi / 1,765 km · WestJet, Air Canada Rouge
- [SYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksyr.md) Syracuse Hancock International Airport · United States · 1,105 mi / 1,779 km · Breeze Airways
- [PUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdpc.md) Punta Cana International Airport · Dominican Republic · 1,108 mi / 1,783 km · JetBlue Airways, Breeze Airways
- [BDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbdl.md) Bradley International Airport · United States · 1,112 mi / 1,790 km · Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways
- [MSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsn.md) Dane County Regional Truax Field · United States · 1,114 mi / 1,793 km · Breeze Airways
- [ALB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalb.md) Albany International Airport · United States · 1,132 mi / 1,821 km · Southwest Airlines
- [PVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpvd.md) Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport · United States · 1,138 mi / 1,831 km · Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways
- [BOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbos.md) Boston Logan International Airport · United States · 1,186 mi / 1,908 km · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines
- [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · Puerto Rico · 1,237 mi / 1,991 km · JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines
- [SJO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mroc.md) Juan Santamaría International Airport · Costa Rica · 1,247 mi / 2,007 km · Breeze Airways
- [PWM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpwm.md) Portland International Jetport · United States · 1,278 mi / 2,057 km · Breeze Airways
- [STT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tist.md) Cyril E. King Airport · U.S. Virgin Islands · 1,297 mi / 2,087 km · Breeze Airways
- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 1,308 mi / 2,105 km · Delta Air Lines
- [BGR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbgr.md) Bangor International Airport · United States · 1,386 mi / 2,231 km · Breeze Airways
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 1,505 mi / 2,422 km · United Airlines, Southwest Airlines
- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 1,785 mi / 2,872 km · American Airlines, Southwest Airlines
- [SLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslc.md) Salt Lake City International Airport · United States · 1,885 mi / 3,034 km · Delta Air Lines
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 1,980 mi / 3,187 km · Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways
- [SAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksan.md) San Diego International Airport · United States · 2,083 mi / 3,352 km · Southwest Airlines
- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 2,154 mi / 3,466 km · United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines
- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 2,285 mi / 3,678 km · WestJet
- [SFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfo.md) San Francisco International Airport · United States · 2,389 mi / 3,844 km · United Airlines
- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 2,517 mi / 4,051 km · Delta Air Lines
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 4,604 mi / 7,409 km · Delta Air Lines
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 4,869 mi / 7,836 km · Edelweiss Air

### Seasonal (16)

- [MEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmem.md) Frederick W. Smith International Airport · United States · 656 mi / 1,056 km · Southwest Airlines
- [SDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdf.md) Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · United States · 728 mi / 1,172 km · Breeze Airways
- [CVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcvg.md) Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · United States · 775 mi / 1,247 km · Southwest Airlines
- [PIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpit.md) Pittsburgh International Airport · United States · 875 mi / 1,408 km · Breeze Airways
- [CLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcle.md) Cleveland Hopkins International Airport · United States · 929 mi / 1,495 km · United Airlines
- [ERI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keri.md) Erie International Tom Ridge Field · United States · 984 mi / 1,583 km · Breeze Airways
- [ISP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kisp.md) Long Island MacArthur Airport · United States · 1,035 mi / 1,665 km · JetBlue Airways
- [GRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgrr.md) Gerald R. Ford International Airport · United States · 1,043 mi / 1,679 km · Southwest Airlines
- [OMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koma.md) Eppley Airfield · United States · 1,191 mi / 1,916 km · Southwest Airlines
- [MHT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmht.md) Manchester-Boston Regional Airport · United States · 1,205 mi / 1,939 km · Southwest Airlines
- [BTV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbtv.md) Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport · United States · 1,252 mi / 2,015 km · Breeze Airways
- [YOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyow.md) Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Canada · 1,256 mi / 2,022 km · Air Canada Rouge
- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 1,308 mi / 2,105 km · Southwest Airlines
- [YHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhz.md) Halifax / Stanfield International Airport · Canada · 1,568 mi / 2,523 km · Air Canada Rouge
- [SLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslc.md) Salt Lake City International Airport · United States · 1,885 mi / 3,034 km · Southwest Airlines
- [YYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyt.md) St. John's International Airport · Canada · 2,095 mi / 3,372 km · WestJet

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TPA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (11)

- WN [Southwest Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/southwest-airlines) · 42
- MX [Breeze Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/breeze-airways) · 39
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 13
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 8
- B6 [JetBlue Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetblue-airways) · 8
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 8
- XP [Avelo Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avelo-airlines) · 5
- RV [Air Canada Rouge](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-rouge) · 3
- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 3
- KX [Cayman Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cayman-airways) · 1
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 24.4M (2025) | #97 of 3,974 | #31 in North America | #27 in US |
| Longest runway | 11,002 ft / 3,353 m | =651 of 29,858 | =151 in North America | =123 in US |
| Elevation | 27 ft / 8 m | =40,777 of 43,403 | =18,419 in North America | =15,106 in US |
| Age | Opened 1928 | =323 of 15,079 | =58 in North America | =57 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 118.150 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.450 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 133.600 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.500 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [MCF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmcf.md) MacDill Air Force Base · 8.8 mi / 14 km
- [PIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpie.md) St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 10 mi / 17 km
- [LAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klal.md) Lakeland Linder International Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [SRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksrq.md) Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · 40 mi / 65 km
- [ISM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kism.md) Kissimmee Gateway Airport · 70 mi / 113 km
- [LEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klee.md) Leesburg International Airport · 73 mi / 118 km

## In collections

- [Busiest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/busiest) #86

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Tampa International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tampa_International_Airport&oldid=1373823267), revision of 8 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktpa/data