Washington (IAD) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,304 km
- 810 mi · 704 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 27 min / 2 h 15 min
- Average gate to gate: IAD → TPA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 164 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (97 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 375,605
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.6%
- Flights / week
- 50
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 460,937 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- UA, 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 IAD
- 203°
- Heading from TPA
- 20°
- Halfway point
- 33.49, -80.15
- Great-circle km
- 1,307 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air IAD → TPA
- 1 h 58 min
- In the air TPA → IAD
- 1 h 50 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 34,551 |
| Sep 2025 | 31,919 |
| Oct 2025 | 30,560 |
| Nov 2025 | 29,746 |
| Dec 2025 | 33,252 |
| Jan 2026 | 28,982 |
| Feb 2026 | 26,245 |
| Mar 2026 | 38,421 |
| Apr 2026 | 29,528 |
| May 2026 | 29,011 |
| Jun 2026 | 30,333 |
| Jul 2026 | 33,057 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 255 |
| Sep 2025 | 249 |
| Oct 2025 | 211 |
| Nov 2025 | 207 |
| Dec 2025 | 228 |
| Jan 2026 | 212 |
| Feb 2026 | 180 |
| Mar 2026 | 256 |
| Apr 2026 | 198 |
| May 2026 | 196 |
| Jun 2026 | 191 |
| Jul 2026 | 213 |
Airlines flying IAD–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 43 | 87% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 6.7 | 13% |
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 737-900ER · 1,041 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 471 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 422 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 242 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 238 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 80 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 63 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 18 flights
Also carried: 13 tonnes of freight and 181 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 84.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 11 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Flights counted
- 2,609
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 84.4% | 11 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 83.3% | 12 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 23% · aircraft arriving late 36% · air traffic system 33% · weather 7% · 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
- $252
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $216
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 79% of passengers · $276
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 19% of passengers · $144
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $207 · Q3 2025 $181 · Q4 2025 $226 · Q1 2026 $252).
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: 1,307 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 Washington and Tampa
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