AirportsTampa International Airport is a large airport serving Tampa, in Florida, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TPA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TPA
- ICAO code
- KTPA
- City
- Tampa
- State or region
- Florida
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W
- Elevation
- 8 m (26 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,353 m (11,002 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TPA means Tampa International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KTPA. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W. It stands 8 metres (26 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Tampa International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,353 metres (11,002 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 56.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19R/01L | 3,353 m 11,002 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 19L/01R | 2,530 m 8,300 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 10/28 | 2,133 m 6,999 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| St. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportPinellas Park | PIE | 17 km |
| Lakeland Linder International AirportLakeland | LAL | 50 km |
| Sarasota Bradenton International AirportSarasota/Bradenton | SRQ | 65 km |
| Punta Gorda AirportPunta Gorda | PGD | 129 km |
| Orlando International AirportOrlando | MCO | 130 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,365 km | 16 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,151 km | 17 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,578 km | 15 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,085 km | 9 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,619 km | 2 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,466 km | 4 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,681 km | 20 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,674 km | 14 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,908 km | 18 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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