Detroit (DTW) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,581 km
- 983 mi · 854 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 36 min / 2 h 40 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → TPA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 199 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (118 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 755,976
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +6.8%
- Flights / week
- 88
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 882,425 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, NK, 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 DTW
- 177°
- Heading from TPA
- 358°
- Halfway point
- 35.10, -82.91
- Great-circle km
- 1,585 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → TPA
- 2 h 12 min
- In the air TPA → DTW
- 2 h 14 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 53,372 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,518 |
| Oct 2025 | 57,483 |
| Nov 2025 | 54,098 |
| Dec 2025 | 73,483 |
| Jan 2026 | 70,182 |
| Feb 2026 | 81,013 |
| Mar 2026 | 99,339 |
| Apr 2026 | 75,379 |
| May 2026 | 50,683 |
| Jun 2026 | 47,570 |
| Jul 2026 | 48,856 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 335 |
| Sep 2025 | 298 |
| Oct 2025 | 363 |
| Nov 2025 | 337 |
| Dec 2025 | 456 |
| Jan 2026 | 445 |
| Feb 2026 | 454 |
| Mar 2026 | 608 |
| Apr 2026 | 455 |
| May 2026 | 283 |
| Jun 2026 | 263 |
| Jul 2026 | 277 |
Airlines flying DTW–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 65 | 76% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 17 | 17% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 5.5 | 6% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 0.3 | 0% |
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 · 1,733 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 856 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 772 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 633 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 279 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 260 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 16 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 8 flights
Also carried: 41 tonnes of freight and 43 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.8%
- Flights counted
- 4,657
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 81.9% | 13 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 75.7% | 16 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 74.9% | 19 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 37% · aircraft arriving late 36% · air traffic system 23% · weather 4% · 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
- $217
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $197
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 65% of passengers · $263
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 21% of passengers · $117
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $190 · Q3 2025 $167 · Q4 2025 $199 · Q1 2026 $217).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $221, likely $196–$252
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 5.8%). 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: 1,585 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.