Tampa International Airport Facts for Kids

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Tampa International Airport

USGS aerial photo - 10 May 2002

IATA: TPA
ICAO: KTPA
FAA LID: TPA

Tampa International Airport

Location of TPA

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

Hillsborough County Aviation Authority

Serves

Tampa, Florida

Elevation AMSL

26 ft / 8 m

Coordinates

27°58′32″N 082°32′0″W / 27.97556°N 82.53333°W

Website

www.TampaAirport.com

Runway

Runway	Length		Surface
Runway	ft	m	Surface
10/28	6,999	2,133	Asphalt/Concrete
19L/1R	8,300	2,530	Asphalt/Concrete
19R/1L	11,002	3,353	Concrete

[[Helipad|]]

Number	Length		Surface
Number	ft	m	Surface
H1	100	30	Asphalt

Statistics (2010)

Total Passengers	16,645,765
Aircraft operations	279,183 (2,008)
Based aircraft	90 (2,008)

Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Tampa International Airport (IATA: TPA, ICAO: KTPA, FAA LID: TPA) is a very important airport located west of Tampa, Florida. It is in Hillsborough County, Florida, in the United States. The airport is owned by the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. It helps people travel to and from the Tampa Bay area.

This airport is known for its cool design. It has a main building called the "landside" terminal. From there, special trains called people movers take you to other buildings called "airsides" where the planes are. This design was first thought of in the late 1960s. Before 1952, the airport was known as Drew Field Municipal Airport.

Tampa International Airport is a main base, or hub, for Silver Airways. Southwest Airlines also uses it as a "focus city," meaning they have many flights there. Southwest Airlines carries the most passengers at TPA, with over 90 flights a day during busy times. The airport currently has 71 direct flights to different places. These include international flights to Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and many places in the Caribbean. In 2015, over 18 million passengers used the airport. This makes it the 31st busiest airport in North America for passengers.