Washington (BWI) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,356 km
- 842 mi · 732 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 24 min / 2 h 15 min
- Average gate to gate: BWI → TPA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 171 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (101 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 641,829
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −5.8%
- Flights / week
- 101
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 877,924 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, F9, NK
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from BWI
- 205°
- Heading from TPA
- 22°
- Halfway point
- 33.61, -79.79
- Great-circle km
- 1,358 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BWI → TPA
- 2 h 3 min
- In the air TPA → BWI
- 1 h 53 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 57,873 |
| Sep 2025 | 45,994 |
| Oct 2025 | 50,644 |
| Nov 2025 | 48,907 |
| Dec 2025 | 51,662 |
| Jan 2026 | 44,379 |
| Feb 2026 | 46,840 |
| Mar 2026 | 66,714 |
| Apr 2026 | 66,078 |
| May 2026 | 60,427 |
| Jun 2026 | 51,698 |
| Jul 2026 | 50,613 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 452 |
| Sep 2025 | 400 |
| Oct 2025 | 422 |
| Nov 2025 | 403 |
| Dec 2025 | 416 |
| Jan 2026 | 398 |
| Feb 2026 | 387 |
| Mar 2026 | 510 |
| Apr 2026 | 530 |
| May 2026 | 507 |
| Jun 2026 | 408 |
| Jul 2026 | 400 |
Airlines flying BWI–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 86 | 82% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 12 | 16% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 1.9 | 2% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,805 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,521 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,159 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 462 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 167 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 74 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 42 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 1 flight
Also carried: 462 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 5,324
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 80.5% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 80.7% | 16 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 80.4% | 12 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 20% · weather 5% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $244
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $205
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 70% of passengers · $279
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 24% of passengers · $139
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $190 · Q3 2025 $171 · Q4 2025 $219 · Q1 2026 $244).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $249, likely $215–$284
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.3%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,358 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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