Chicago (ORD) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,628 km
- 1,012 mi · 879 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 44 min / 3 h 4 min
- Average gate to gate: ORD → TPA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 205 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (121 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 939,149
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +4.7%
- Flights / week
- 121
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 1,117,448 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- UA, AA, NK
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 ORD
- 161°
- Heading from TPA
- 344°
- Halfway point
- 35.01, -84.99
- Great-circle km
- 1,631 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ORD → TPA
- 2 h 11 min
- In the air TPA → ORD
- 2 h 26 min
- Clocks
- Tampa is 1 h ahead of Chicago
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 68,419 |
| Sep 2025 | 60,182 |
| Oct 2025 | 73,325 |
| Nov 2025 | 75,027 |
| Dec 2025 | 90,059 |
| Jan 2026 | 77,048 |
| Feb 2026 | 83,353 |
| Mar 2026 | 102,885 |
| Apr 2026 | 95,721 |
| May 2026 | 79,552 |
| Jun 2026 | 67,857 |
| Jul 2026 | 65,721 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 449 |
| Sep 2025 | 410 |
| Oct 2025 | 475 |
| Nov 2025 | 540 |
| Dec 2025 | 659 |
| Jan 2026 | 583 |
| Feb 2026 | 570 |
| Mar 2026 | 652 |
| Apr 2026 | 623 |
| May 2026 | 494 |
| Jun 2026 | 420 |
| Jul 2026 | 426 |
Airlines flying ORD–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 55 | 46% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 43 | 34% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 9.3 | 8% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 5.7 | 5% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 8.1 | 5% |
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 · 2,231 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 875 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 832 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 692 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 651 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 277 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 232 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 231 flights
Also carried: 48 tonnes of freight and 236 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 23 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.5%
- Flights counted
- 6,403
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 76.8% | 19 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 71.6% | 24 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 69.3% | 29 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 69.7% | 23 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 68.1% | 52 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 22% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 30% · weather 6% · 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
- $216
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $200
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 40% of passengers · $261
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 12% of passengers · $120
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $195 · Q3 2025 $182 · Q4 2025 $204 · Q1 2026 $216).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $220, likely $195–$251
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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.1%). 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 6% 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: 1,631 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 Chicago and Tampa
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More routes from ORD
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |