Saint Paul (MSP) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 2,102 km
- 1,306 mi · 1,135 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 6 min / 3 h 24 min
- Average gate to gate: MSP → TPA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 265 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (156 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 538,120
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.0%
- Flights / week
- 62
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 89%
- 606,774 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- DL, SY
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 MSP
- 150°
- Heading from TPA
- 336°
- Halfway point
- 36.55, -87.29
- Great-circle km
- 2,105 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MSP → TPA
- 2 h 42 min
- In the air TPA → MSP
- 3 h 1 min
- Clocks
- Tampa is 1 h ahead of Saint Paul
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 38,488 |
| Sep 2025 | 28,252 |
| Oct 2025 | 37,309 |
| Nov 2025 | 39,057 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,100 |
| Jan 2026 | 43,887 |
| Feb 2026 | 46,964 |
| Mar 2026 | 64,537 |
| Apr 2026 | 54,571 |
| May 2026 | 46,959 |
| Jun 2026 | 46,207 |
| Jul 2026 | 44,789 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 226 |
| Sep 2025 | 167 |
| Oct 2025 | 223 |
| Nov 2025 | 244 |
| Dec 2025 | 288 |
| Jan 2026 | 259 |
| Feb 2026 | 267 |
| Mar 2026 | 372 |
| Apr 2026 | 340 |
| May 2026 | 281 |
| Jun 2026 | 269 |
| Jul 2026 | 269 |
Airlines flying MSP–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 45 | 74% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 17 | 26% |
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 A321Neoxlr · 1,224 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 782 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 740 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 177 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 138 flights
- Boeing 737-900 · 132 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 6 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 3 flights
Also carried: 72 tonnes of freight and 59 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Flights counted
- 2,354
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 50% · aircraft arriving late 24% · air traffic system 23% · 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
- $253
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $218
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 55% of passengers · $310
- Lowest-fare airline
- Sun Country Airlines
- 39% of passengers · $179
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $198 · Q3 2025 $187 · Q4 2025 $216 · Q1 2026 $253).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $258, likely $229–$294
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.4%). 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: Q1, typically 4% 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: 2,105 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.