The flight time from Los Angeles to Tampa is 4 hours, 30 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA 1 minute early.
17 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 5 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives TPA Tampa, FL 11 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
100%
United
94%
Delta
84%
American
82%
Alaska
67%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to Tampa is 4 hours, 30 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 5 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to Tampa is 2158 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Tampa to Los Angeles
5 hours, 13 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
4h 23m
Spirit
4h 25m
Delta
4h 28m
Alaska
4h 32m
United
4h 34m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

21

Distance

2158 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun01234

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
11
United
7
American
2
Spirit
0
Alaska
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from Tampa by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to Tampa by plane is 2158 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Tampa?

The flight time from Los Angeles to Tampa is 4 hours, 30 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 5 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 4 hours, 23 minutes, and United the slowest taking 4 hours, 34 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to Tampa?

United, Delta, Spirit, American, and Alaska are the airlines with direct flights from Los Angeles to Tampa.

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to Tampa?

Southwest does not fly from Los Angeles (LAX) to Tampa (TPA). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Los Angeles 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 245 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Tampa 11 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Los Angeles to Tampa, Delta is 84% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 84% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 100% 0% 0%
United 94% 5% 1%
Delta 84% 14% 2%
American 82% 16% 2%
Alaska 67% 33% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles and Tampa, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
American 18 238 4 263
Spirit 21 237 7 265
Delta 16 246 4 268
Alaska 20 238 7 272
United 18 246 6 274

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
3pm 0.02
12pm 0.07
8am 0.32
10pm 0.75
9am 0.09
11pm 0.89
1pm 0
11am 0.27
10am 0.56
9pm 0.01

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Tampa that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 86
February 92
March 119
April 107
May 104
June 78
July 90
August 88
September 74
October 75
November 79
December 115

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Tampa that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 3.15
Tuesday 2.52
Wednesday 2.71
Thursday 3.29
Friday 3.4
Saturday 2.85
Sunday 3.37

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Delta 0
United 0
American 0
Spirit 0
Alaska 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
3pm 20 237 5 264
12pm 13 232 3 251
8am 21 250 6 277
10pm 15 244 4 266
9am 23 243 4 271
11pm 18 239 6 269
1pm 14 239 3 256
11am 15 242 4 263
10am 19 250 4 274
9pm 15 239 4 259
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.