Los Angeles (LAX) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 3,473 km
- 2,158 mi · 1,875 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 33 min / 5 h 14 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → TPA / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 436 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (258 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 346,054
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +24.0%
- Flights / week
- 46
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 435,575 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, UA, WN
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 LAX
- 91°
- Heading from TPA
- 290°
- Halfway point
- 32.24, -99.89
- Great-circle km
- 3,466 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → TPA
- 4 h 9 min
- In the air TPA → LAX
- 4 h 44 min
- Clocks
- Tampa is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 20,813 |
| Sep 2025 | 21,148 |
| Oct 2025 | 25,527 |
| Nov 2025 | 28,135 |
| Dec 2025 | 32,725 |
| Jan 2026 | 30,458 |
| Feb 2026 | 28,362 |
| Mar 2026 | 35,581 |
| Apr 2026 | 34,779 |
| May 2026 | 31,758 |
| Jun 2026 | 28,250 |
| Jul 2026 | 28,518 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 172 |
| Sep 2025 | 169 |
| Oct 2025 | 183 |
| Nov 2025 | 209 |
| Dec 2025 | 213 |
| Jan 2026 | 208 |
| Feb 2026 | 195 |
| Mar 2026 | 233 |
| Apr 2026 | 240 |
| May 2026 | 210 |
| Jun 2026 | 166 |
| Jul 2026 | 170 |
Airlines flying LAX–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 25 | 60% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 14 | 26% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 6.7 | 14% |
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 A321-200n · 1,295 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 336 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 256 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 215 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 178 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 61 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 25 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 2 flights
Also carried: 284 tonnes of freight and 104 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 11 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Flights counted
- 2,385
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 81.2% | 12 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 89.5% | 7 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 66.9% | 16 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 45% · aircraft arriving late 32% · air traffic system 20% · weather 2% · 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
- $341
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $331
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 50% of passengers · $369
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 16% of passengers · $261
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $325 · Q3 2025 $312 · Q4 2025 $339 · Q1 2026 $341).
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: 3,466 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.