Denver (DEN) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 2,424 km
- 1,506 mi · 1,309 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 23 min / 3 h 56 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → TPA / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 305 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (180 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 934,362
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.7%
- Flights / week
- 118
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 1,109,358 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, WN, F9
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 DEN
- 116°
- Heading from TPA
- 309°
- Halfway point
- 34.42, -92.82
- Great-circle km
- 2,422 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → TPA
- 2 h 58 min
- In the air TPA → DEN
- 3 h 30 min
- Clocks
- Tampa is 2 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 72,618 |
| Sep 2025 | 66,612 |
| Oct 2025 | 74,301 |
| Nov 2025 | 70,904 |
| Dec 2025 | 84,376 |
| Jan 2026 | 75,202 |
| Feb 2026 | 75,325 |
| Mar 2026 | 98,944 |
| Apr 2026 | 74,834 |
| May 2026 | 80,186 |
| Jun 2026 | 81,755 |
| Jul 2026 | 79,305 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 463 |
| Sep 2025 | 424 |
| Oct 2025 | 483 |
| Nov 2025 | 487 |
| Dec 2025 | 554 |
| Jan 2026 | 494 |
| Feb 2026 | 476 |
| Mar 2026 | 652 |
| Apr 2026 | 497 |
| May 2026 | 532 |
| Jun 2026 | 534 |
| Jul 2026 | 541 |
Airlines flying DEN–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 45 | 39% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 49 | 38% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 23 | 23% |
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 · 1,824 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,649 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 822 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 560 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 431 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 413 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 229 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 167 flights
Also carried: 242 tonnes of freight and 234 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 6,173
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 75.2% | 15 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 83.6% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 80.5% | 18 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 21% · 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
- $243
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $233
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 34% of passengers · $310
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 30% of passengers · $157
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $234 · Q3 2025 $212 · Q4 2025 $242 · Q1 2026 $243).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $248, likely $220–$282
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 5.6%). 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: Q1, 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: 2,422 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.
Every airport pair between Denver and Tampa
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