Cleveland (CLE) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,492 km
- 927 mi · 806 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 32 min / 2 h 33 min
- Average gate to gate: CLE → TPA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 188 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (111 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 328,309
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.7%
- Flights / week
- 39
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 416,355 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- F9, UA, WN
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 CLE
- 183°
- Heading from TPA
- 2°
- Halfway point
- 34.70, -82.22
- Great-circle km
- 1,495 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLE → TPA
- 2 h 6 min
- In the air TPA → CLE
- 2 h 3 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 23,974 |
| Sep 2025 | 19,498 |
| Oct 2025 | 17,343 |
| Nov 2025 | 18,835 |
| Dec 2025 | 24,785 |
| Jan 2026 | 23,321 |
| Feb 2026 | 27,278 |
| Mar 2026 | 40,586 |
| Apr 2026 | 33,625 |
| May 2026 | 33,316 |
| Jun 2026 | 33,277 |
| Jul 2026 | 32,471 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 134 |
| Sep 2025 | 119 |
| Oct 2025 | 108 |
| Nov 2025 | 128 |
| Dec 2025 | 159 |
| Jan 2026 | 159 |
| Feb 2026 | 169 |
| Mar 2026 | 273 |
| Apr 2026 | 212 |
| May 2026 | 214 |
| Jun 2026 | 182 |
| Jul 2026 | 180 |
Airlines flying CLE–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| F9Frontier Airlines | 34 | 89% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 5.1 | 10% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 0.3 | 1% |
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
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 793 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 739 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 181 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 160 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 50 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 50 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 43 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 14 flights
Also carried: 2 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.2%
- Flights counted
- 2,056
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| F9Frontier Airlines | 77.6% | 18 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 88.5% | 9 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 21% · aircraft arriving late 62% · air traffic system 14% · weather 2% · 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
- $165
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $147
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 69% of passengers · $129
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 69% of passengers · $129
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $135 · Q3 2025 $131 · Q4 2025 $157 · Q1 2026 $165).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $168, likely $146–$192
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.7%). 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 5% 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: 1,495 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.