Houston (IAH) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,267 km
- 787 mi · 684 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 9 min / 2 h 25 min
- Average gate to gate: IAH → TPA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 159 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (94 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 446,448
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −12.0%
- Flights / week
- 61
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 560,398 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, 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 IAH
- 97°
- Heading from TPA
- 283°
- Halfway point
- 29.13, -88.88
- Great-circle km
- 1,265 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air IAH → TPA
- 1 h 43 min
- In the air TPA → IAH
- 1 h 58 min
- Clocks
- Tampa is 1 h ahead of Houston
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 | 39,897 |
| Sep 2025 | 35,816 |
| Oct 2025 | 35,597 |
| Nov 2025 | 40,960 |
| Dec 2025 | 45,502 |
| Jan 2026 | 39,000 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,485 |
| Mar 2026 | 39,220 |
| Apr 2026 | 38,610 |
| May 2026 | 35,019 |
| Jun 2026 | 32,098 |
| Jul 2026 | 33,244 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 299 |
| Sep 2025 | 270 |
| Oct 2025 | 247 |
| Nov 2025 | 294 |
| Dec 2025 | 298 |
| Jan 2026 | 290 |
| Feb 2026 | 230 |
| Mar 2026 | 276 |
| Apr 2026 | 272 |
| May 2026 | 249 |
| Jun 2026 | 214 |
| Jul 2026 | 220 |
Airlines flying IAH–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 52 | 85% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 4.4 | 8% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.4 | 7% |
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 737-800 · 730 flights
- Boeing 737-900 · 643 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 555 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 455 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 309 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 135 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 130 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 128 flights
Also carried: 35 tonnes of freight and 59 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 83.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 3,161
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 85.4% | 11 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 74% | 31 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 74.8% | 22 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 27% · weather 5% · 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
- $263
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $210
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 80% of passengers · $287
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 12% of passengers · $135
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $200 · Q3 2025 $178 · Q4 2025 $208 · Q1 2026 $263).
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: 1,265 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 Houston and Tampa
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More routes from IAH
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| IAH → ORD | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| IAH → DEN | 1,387 km | 1,641,444 |
| IAH → LAX | 2,219 km | 1,544,652 |
| IAH → ATL | 1,109 km | 1,430,755 |
| IAH → DFW | 361 km | 1,257,452 |
| IAH → SFO | 2,632 km | 1,223,236 |
| IAH → MCO | 1,375 km | 1,147,728 |
| IAH → EWR | 2,252 km | 1,135,261 |
| IAH → LGA | 2,279 km | 1,049,227 |
| IAH → LAS | 1,966 km | 1,028,809 |