New York (LGA) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,626 km
- 1,010 mi · 878 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h / 2 h 40 min
- Average gate to gate: LGA → TPA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 205 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (121 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 797,903
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +16.8%
- Flights / week
- 104
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 932,258 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, AA, 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 LGA
- 212°
- Heading from TPA
- 27°
- Halfway point
- 34.46, -78.53
- Great-circle km
- 1,628 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LGA → TPA
- 2 h 28 min
- In the air TPA → LGA
- 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 | 68,355 |
| Sep 2025 | 56,082 |
| Oct 2025 | 67,756 |
| Nov 2025 | 71,133 |
| Dec 2025 | 83,268 |
| Jan 2026 | 70,656 |
| Feb 2026 | 65,731 |
| Mar 2026 | 68,872 |
| Apr 2026 | 64,050 |
| May 2026 | 61,753 |
| Jun 2026 | 59,895 |
| Jul 2026 | 60,352 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 481 |
| Sep 2025 | 432 |
| Oct 2025 | 485 |
| Nov 2025 | 505 |
| Dec 2025 | 537 |
| Jan 2026 | 523 |
| Feb 2026 | 462 |
| Mar 2026 | 442 |
| Apr 2026 | 403 |
| May 2026 | 393 |
| Jun 2026 | 374 |
| Jul 2026 | 360 |
Airlines flying LGA–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 63 | 64% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 25 | 23% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 16 | 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 737-800 · 2,271 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,324 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 879 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 808 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 97 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 8 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 5 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 3 flights
Also carried: 15 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 24 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.1%
- Flights counted
- 5,591
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 73.4% | 22 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 73.9% | 27 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 67.2% | 28 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 26% · 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
- $201
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $188
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 61% of passengers · $222
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 14% of passengers · $151
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $189 · Q3 2025 $167 · Q4 2025 $193 · Q1 2026 $201).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $205, likely $182–$234
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.4%). 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 5% 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: 1,628 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.
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