Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 317 km
- 197 mi · 171 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h / 1 h 3 min
- Average gate to gate: FLL → TPA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 73 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (43 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 346,446
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −11.5%
- Flights / week
- 56
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 67%
- 513,782 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- NK, WN, B6
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 FLL
- 312°
- Heading from TPA
- 131°
- Halfway point
- 27.03, -81.33
- Great-circle km
- 317 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air FLL → TPA
- 39 min
- In the air TPA → FLL
- 40 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 26,664 |
| Sep 2025 | 25,368 |
| Oct 2025 | 27,749 |
| Nov 2025 | 29,721 |
| Dec 2025 | 36,753 |
| Jan 2026 | 36,758 |
| Feb 2026 | 34,884 |
| Mar 2026 | 39,623 |
| Apr 2026 | 32,678 |
| May 2026 | 15,573 |
| Jun 2026 | 15,355 |
| Jul 2026 | 25,320 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 214 |
| Sep 2025 | 213 |
| Oct 2025 | 226 |
| Nov 2025 | 231 |
| Dec 2025 | 296 |
| Jan 2026 | 307 |
| Feb 2026 | 270 |
| Mar 2026 | 321 |
| Apr 2026 | 267 |
| May 2026 | 132 |
| Jun 2026 | 146 |
| Jul 2026 | 293 |
Airlines flying FLL–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 29 | 55% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 14 | 26% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 11 | 17% |
| MXBreeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze | 2.2 | 3% |
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 A320-100/200 · 1,104 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 344 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 325 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 280 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 277 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 240 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 191 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 153 flights
Also carried: 78 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 19 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.5%
- Flights counted
- 2,844
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 69.6% | 21 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78.8% | 13 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 75.6% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 44% · 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
- $125
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $115
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 56% of passengers · $92
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 56% of passengers · $92
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $118 · Q3 2025 $109 · Q4 2025 $108 · Q1 2026 $125).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $128, likely $110–$145
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.1%). 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 4% 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: 317 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.