Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,495 km
- 929 mi · 807 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 25 min / 2 h 52 min
- Average gate to gate: DFW → TPA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 188 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (111 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 874,134
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.6%
- Flights / week
- 108
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 1,047,396 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 DFW
- 108°
- Heading from TPA
- 295°
- Halfway point
- 30.64, -89.60
- Great-circle km
- 1,493 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → TPA
- 2 h
- In the air TPA → DFW
- 2 h 19 min
- Clocks
- Tampa is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 72,844 |
| Sep 2025 | 64,172 |
| Oct 2025 | 60,342 |
| Nov 2025 | 65,578 |
| Dec 2025 | 78,387 |
| Jan 2026 | 65,565 |
| Feb 2026 | 70,153 |
| Mar 2026 | 80,003 |
| Apr 2026 | 73,496 |
| May 2026 | 79,282 |
| Jun 2026 | 80,903 |
| Jul 2026 | 83,409 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 466 |
| Sep 2025 | 406 |
| Oct 2025 | 358 |
| Nov 2025 | 443 |
| Dec 2025 | 500 |
| Jan 2026 | 437 |
| Feb 2026 | 441 |
| Mar 2026 | 516 |
| Apr 2026 | 508 |
| May 2026 | 515 |
| Jun 2026 | 496 |
| Jul 2026 | 539 |
Airlines flying DFW–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 97 | 89% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 9.9 | 10% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 1.3 | 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 A321Neoxlr · 3,291 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,422 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 395 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 277 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 158 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 69 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 10 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 3 flights
Also carried: 61 tonnes of freight and 80 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 71.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 23 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.2%
- Flights counted
- 5,814
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 70% | 24 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 83.9% | 12 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 58.2% | 26 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 15% · weather 6% · 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
- $255
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $226
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 80% of passengers · $280
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 17% of passengers · $125
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $218 · Q3 2025 $196 · Q4 2025 $235 · Q1 2026 $255).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $260, likely $231–$296
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 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.2%). 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: 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: 1,493 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.
More routes from DFW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DFW → ATL | 1,177 km | 1,929,257 |
| DFW → ORD | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| DFW → LAX | 1,987 km | 1,914,491 |
| DFW → DEN | 1,032 km | 1,745,260 |
| DFW → LGA | 2,235 km | 1,726,005 |
| DFW → PHX | 1,396 km | 1,648,391 |
| DFW → LAS | 1,698 km | 1,630,211 |
| DFW → MCO | 1,585 km | 1,605,592 |
| DFW → SEA | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| DFW → MIA | 1,804 km | 1,512,657 |