New York (JFK) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,617 km
- 1,005 mi · 873 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 59 min / 2 h 42 min
- Average gate to gate: JFK → TPA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 204 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (120 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 624,119
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −11.3%
- Flights / week
- 85
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 745,377 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, B6, 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 JFK
- 212°
- Heading from TPA
- 27°
- Halfway point
- 34.39, -78.49
- Great-circle km
- 1,619 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air JFK → TPA
- 2 h 26 min
- In the air TPA → JFK
- 2 h 15 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 61,939 |
| Sep 2025 | 49,614 |
| Oct 2025 | 45,748 |
| Nov 2025 | 54,143 |
| Dec 2025 | 56,071 |
| Jan 2026 | 47,440 |
| Feb 2026 | 40,203 |
| Mar 2026 | 48,722 |
| Apr 2026 | 54,447 |
| May 2026 | 51,518 |
| Jun 2026 | 56,990 |
| Jul 2026 | 57,284 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 413 |
| Sep 2025 | 363 |
| Oct 2025 | 339 |
| Nov 2025 | 393 |
| Dec 2025 | 375 |
| Jan 2026 | 373 |
| Feb 2026 | 315 |
| Mar 2026 | 347 |
| Apr 2026 | 383 |
| May 2026 | 355 |
| Jun 2026 | 393 |
| Jul 2026 | 383 |
Airlines flying JFK–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 41 | 49% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 39 | 44% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.8 | 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
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,365 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 994 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 669 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 651 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 335 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 252 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 144 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 10 flights
Also carried: 242 tonnes of freight and 8 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.6%
- Flights counted
- 4,599
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 81.7% | 14 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 74.6% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 75.7% | 18 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 27% · weather 3% · 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
- $181
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $164
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 53% of passengers · $200
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 41% of passengers · $157
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $169 · Q3 2025 $144 · Q4 2025 $167 · Q1 2026 $181).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $185, likely $164–$210
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.1%). 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 3% 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: 1,619 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 New York and Tampa
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More routes from JFK
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |