Charlotte (CLT) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 817 km
- 507 mi · 441 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 41 min / 1 h 45 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → TPA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 103 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (61 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 926,430
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.8%
- Flights / week
- 118
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 1,155,382 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AA, 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 CLT
- 191°
- Heading from TPA
- 10°
- Halfway point
- 31.60, -81.77
- Great-circle km
- 819 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → TPA
- 1 h 17 min
- In the air TPA → CLT
- 1 h 16 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 84,389 |
| Sep 2025 | 82,948 |
| Oct 2025 | 81,499 |
| Nov 2025 | 76,003 |
| Dec 2025 | 76,538 |
| Jan 2026 | 69,378 |
| Feb 2026 | 75,557 |
| Mar 2026 | 89,331 |
| Apr 2026 | 83,733 |
| May 2026 | 72,703 |
| Jun 2026 | 67,413 |
| Jul 2026 | 66,938 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 574 |
| Sep 2025 | 531 |
| Oct 2025 | 516 |
| Nov 2025 | 541 |
| Dec 2025 | 543 |
| Jan 2026 | 471 |
| Feb 2026 | 483 |
| Mar 2026 | 559 |
| Apr 2026 | 566 |
| May 2026 | 500 |
| Jun 2026 | 416 |
| Jul 2026 | 422 |
Airlines flying CLT–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 111 | 95% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.8 | 3% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 2.2 | 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 A321Neoxlr · 4,980 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 460 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 312 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 216 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 100 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 48 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 6 flights
Also carried: 60 tonnes of freight and 55 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.6%
- Flights counted
- 6,211
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 80% | 14 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 80% | 16 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 78.6% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 14% · weather 8% · 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
- $280
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $245
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 86% of passengers · $299
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 1% of passengers · $108
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $238 · Q3 2025 $222 · Q4 2025 $242 · Q1 2026 $280).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $286, likely $247–$326
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 7.2%). 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: Q4, 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: 819 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.