Tampa International Airport

Tampa International Airport (TPA)
Tampa International Airport (TPA)
	Aerial photo of Tampa International Airport taken October 19, 2022
	IATA: TPA; ICAO: KTPA; FAA LID: TPA; WMO: 72211;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Hillsborough County Aviation Authority
Serves	Tampa Bay Area
Location	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Opened	April 15, 1971
Hub for	Silver Airways
Operating base for	Breeze Airways; Frontier Airlines; Southwest Airlines;
Elevation AMSL	26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates	27°58′47″N 82°32′5″W / 27.97972°N 82.53472°W
Website	tampaairport.com
Maps
	; FAA airport diagram
Runways
Helipads
Statistics (2024)
Total passengers
Total passengers	24,756,631
Aircraft operations	230,219
Total cargo and mail	229,000,959 lbs.
Based aircraft (2023)	76
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Tampa International Airport (IATA: TPA, ICAO: KTPA, FAA LID: TPA) (known as Drew Field Municipal Airport until 1952)^[4] is an international airport six miles (9.7 km) west of Downtown Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority (HCAA).^[1] The airport serves 100 non-stop destinations throughout North America, South America, the Caribbean and Europe across multiple carriers.^[5]

^ ^a ^b FAA Airport Form 5010 for TPA PDF, effective October 31, 2024.
^ "Tampa International Airport". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 1, 1994.
^ "TPA Airport Statistics for 2024" (PDF). tampaairport.com. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
^ Roger Sandoval (February 23, 1928). "TPA | About TPA | DrDrew Field History". Tampaairport.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^ "US Nonstop Destinations". Tampa International Airport. Retrieved July 3, 2022.