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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 major airport to the west of Tampa. It is in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. This airport is owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. It serves the Tampa Bay Area. Many good things have been said about the airport's architecture and Landside/Airside design. It has a central terminal ("landside") connected by people movers to gates that are not at the terminal ("airsides"). It was first designed in the late 1960s. The airport was known as Drew Field Municipal Airport until 1952.

Tampa International Airport is a hub for Silver Airways. Southwest Airlines has a focus city at the Tampa International Airport. It used to be the main aircraft and maintenance site for World Airways and North American Airlines. Southwest Airlines carries the largest amount of TPA passengers. Southwest has over 90 flights per day, when it is most busy. The airport presently has 71 non-stop destinations. These include international service to Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and to destinations throughout the Caribbean. The airport had 18,815,452 passengers in 2015. It is the 31st busiest airport by passengers moved in North America.