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Tampa International Airport

Tampa · United States · America/New_York

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3Runways
11,002Longest (ft)
26Elevation (ft)
68Route Records
23Airline Records
UTC-5Timezone
60Mapped Stands
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Route Intelligence

36Regional Hub
Shortest route
GNVGainesville Regional Airport192.3 km
Silver Airways (3M)
Longest route
ZRHZürich Airport7,835.6 km
Swiss International Air Lines
Nearest international
GCMOwen Roberts International Airport972.8 km
Cayman Airways
Longest international
ZRHZürich Airport7,835.6 km
Swiss International Air Lines
Longest domestic
SEASeattle–Tacoma International Airport4,051 km
AirTran Airways

Airport Connectivity Score

36/100

Regional Hub

Destinations served68 destinations
Airline diversity23 airlines
Haul mix coverage3 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

10/286,999 ftAsphalt/ConcreteLIT
19L/01R8,300 ftAsphalt/ConcreteLIT
19R/01L11,002 ftConcreteLIT

Haul Mix

short-haul
35
medium-haul
29
long-haul
4

Geographic Context

Nearest airport
MCFMacDill Air Force Base14.1 km
Nearest same country
MCFMacDill Air Force Base14.1 km
Nearest international
FPOGrand Bahama International Airport410.7 km
Farthest airport
MJKShark Bay Airport18,402.8 km
Within 500 km: 57 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 179 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 648 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1MCFMacDill Air Force Base14.1 kmM
2PIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport16.8 kmL
3LALLakeland Linder International Airport50.3 kmM
4SRQSarasota Bradenton International Airport64.6 kmL
5ISMKissimmee Gateway Airport113 kmM
6LEELeesburg International Airport117.9 kmM
7PGDPunta Gorda Airport129 kmM
8MCOOrlando International Airport130.1 kmL
9ORLOrlando Executive Airport133.6 kmM
10SFBOrlando Sanford International Airport155 kmL

ATC Frequencies6

A/DAPP/DEP118.15 MHz
ATISATIS126.45 MHz
CLDCLNC DEL133.6 MHz
GNDGND121.7 MHz
TWRTWR119.5 MHz
UNICUNICOM122.95 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

73W
46
320
23
73C
19
738
18
SF3
14
319
14
73H
11
733
9
757
8
739
8

Live Departures & Arrivals73

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00000000C25B2,300 ft
N829UMS22T600 ft
AAL2807B7383,125 ft
N109LUC1720 ft
N759SC1720 ft
N1287TPA32900 ft
N563MAP28A2,350 ft
N255EMBE556,100 ft
N155JKLA4650 ft
ERU894C1724,475 ft

Source: adsb.lol — community ADS-B network. Approximate local traffic within 40nm, not a definitive schedule.

Aircraft Spotted Here

Cessna 525B CitationJet 3 at Kelowna Municipal Airport - CYLWPhoto: Ethan Davies via JetPhotosCirrus SR22-GTS G7 Carbon at Duluth Int'l Airport - KDLHPhoto: Filip Kapera via JetPhotosBoeing 737-823 at San Antonio Int'l Airport - KSATPhoto: Caden Henderson via JetPhotosCessna 172R Skyhawk II at Boca Raton Airport - KBCTPhoto: Enrique Rubira via JetPhotosSaab 2000 at Anchorage Ted Stevens Int'l - PANCPhoto: LRA Spotter via JetPhotosPiper PA-28-181 Pilot 100i at St. Petersburg - KPIEPhoto: Dalton Hoch via JetPhotos

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Airline Records in Dataset23

AMAeroMéxico
ACAir Canada
AFAir France
FLAirTran Airways
AZAlitalia
AAAmerican Airlines
BABritish Airways
KXCayman Airways
CMCopa Airlines
DLDelta Air Lines
AYFinnair
F9Frontier Airlines
IBIberia Airlines
B6JetBlue Airways
KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines
3MSilver Airways (3M)
WNSouthwest Airlines
NKSpirit Airlines
LXSwiss International Air Lines
USUS Airways
UAUnited Airlines
VSVirgin Atlantic Airways
WSWestJet

Data Notes & Community Corrections

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Dining & Drinks

Florida Flavors Here
Cafes & Coffee
Quick Bites Available
Sit-Down Dining
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External Links

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Data: OurAirports

Airport HistoryEst. 1971

Tampa International traces its roots to Drew Field, a 1928 municipal airfield that became a major U.S. Army Air Forces training base during World War II. Renamed Tampa International Airport in 1950, it gained worldwide renown in 1971 for its pioneering landside/airside terminal design and the world's first fully automated people mover system connecting passengers to satellite gate areas.

✦Tampa's 1971 automated people mover was the world's first fully automated airport transit system, and its landside/airside layout became a widely copied template for later US airport designs.
✦The airport celebrated the 50th anniversary of its landmark 1971 terminal in 2021.
1928
Drew Field Opens

A 160-acre municipal airfield named for local developer John H. Drew opens, serving early commercial airline traffic.

1940
Drew Army Airfield

The U.S. Army leases the field, and it becomes Drew Army Airfield under Third Air Force control, ultimately training roughly 120,000 combat air crews for World War II bomber operations.

1946
Return to Civilian Use

The Army vacates the field after the war, and commercial airline service consolidates there from the smaller Peter O. Knight Airport.

1950
Renamed Tampa International Airport

The airport is renamed Tampa International Airport as Trans-Canada Air Lines begins the facility's first international service.

1971
Landside/Airside Terminal Opens

A revolutionary landside/airside terminal complex opens on April 15, designed by Reynolds, Smith and Hills, introducing the world's first fully automated people mover system linking the main terminal to satellite airsides.

1987
Airside F Opens

Airside F opens as the airport continues expanding and later replacing its original satellite airsides through the 2000s.

2013
Master Plan Modernization Approved

The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority Board approves a multi-phase expansion including the SkyConnect automated people mover, a new Rental Car Center, and a 16-gate Airside D.

Wikipedia and Tampa International Airport's official 50th-anniversary history page (tampaairport.com/50).