Raleigh (RDU) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 945 km
- 587 mi · 510 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 51 min / 1 h 49 min
- Average gate to gate: RDU → TPA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 119 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (70 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 381,815
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +13.5%
- Flights / week
- 65
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 521,550 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, MX, 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 RDU
- 203°
- Heading from TPA
- 21°
- Halfway point
- 31.94, -80.74
- Great-circle km
- 947 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air RDU → TPA
- 1 h 29 min
- In the air TPA → RDU
- 1 h 25 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 26,141 |
| Sep 2025 | 23,696 |
| Oct 2025 | 30,111 |
| Nov 2025 | 30,030 |
| Dec 2025 | 34,438 |
| Jan 2026 | 24,529 |
| Feb 2026 | 29,431 |
| Mar 2026 | 36,621 |
| Apr 2026 | 37,254 |
| May 2026 | 35,802 |
| Jun 2026 | 37,268 |
| Jul 2026 | 36,494 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 243 |
| Sep 2025 | 234 |
| Oct 2025 | 275 |
| Nov 2025 | 259 |
| Dec 2025 | 286 |
| Jan 2026 | 240 |
| Feb 2026 | 266 |
| Mar 2026 | 292 |
| Apr 2026 | 298 |
| May 2026 | 313 |
| Jun 2026 | 330 |
| Jul 2026 | 348 |
Airlines flying RDU–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 25 | 33% |
| MXBreeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze | 16 | 26% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 15 | 22% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 9.7 | 19% |
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
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 816 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 654 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 603 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 336 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 274 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 261 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 210 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 175 flights
Also carried: 58 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 82.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Flights counted
- 2,580
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 85.5% | 12 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78.4% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 79% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 29% · aircraft arriving late 54% · air traffic system 15% · 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
- $192
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $171
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 39% of passengers · $233
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 15% of passengers · $110
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $165 · Q3 2025 $155 · Q4 2025 $170 · Q1 2026 $192).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $196, likely $170–$223
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.3%). 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 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: 947 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.