Philadelphia (PHL) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,481 km
- 920 mi · 799 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 42 min / 2 h 32 min
- Average gate to gate: PHL → TPA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 186 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (110 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 786,344
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.4%
- Flights / week
- 100
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 950,150 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AA, F9, 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 PHL
- 209°
- Heading from TPA
- 25°
- Halfway point
- 33.98, -79.14
- Great-circle km
- 1,483 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PHL → TPA
- 2 h 13 min
- In the air TPA → PHL
- 2 h 5 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 64,209 |
| Sep 2025 | 51,151 |
| Oct 2025 | 60,445 |
| Nov 2025 | 58,947 |
| Dec 2025 | 59,995 |
| Jan 2026 | 54,895 |
| Feb 2026 | 71,250 |
| Mar 2026 | 102,539 |
| Apr 2026 | 76,136 |
| May 2026 | 64,825 |
| Jun 2026 | 59,925 |
| Jul 2026 | 62,027 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 402 |
| Sep 2025 | 342 |
| Oct 2025 | 405 |
| Nov 2025 | 396 |
| Dec 2025 | 416 |
| Jan 2026 | 368 |
| Feb 2026 | 459 |
| Mar 2026 | 625 |
| Apr 2026 | 503 |
| May 2026 | 453 |
| Jun 2026 | 412 |
| Jul 2026 | 421 |
Airlines flying PHL–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 64 | 59% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 30 | 37% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 5.8 | 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 · 1,286 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,080 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,008 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 790 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 432 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 335 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 149 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 117 flights
Also carried: 39 tonnes of freight and 4 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 23 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Flights counted
- 5,303
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 74.2% | 23 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 72% | 25 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76.6% | 15 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 25% · aircraft arriving late 55% · air traffic system 15% · weather 5% · 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
- $225
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $197
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 56% of passengers · $276
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 37% of passengers · $143
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $185 · Q3 2025 $171 · Q4 2025 $200 · Q1 2026 $225).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $230, likely $203–$261
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 4.5%). 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: 1,483 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.