Tampa International Airport
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.[1] 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.[2]
| Tampa International Airport | |||
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| USGS aerial photo - 10 May 2002 | |||
| IATA: TPA – ICAO: KTPA – FAA LID: TPA
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| 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°WCoordinates: 27°58′32″N 082°32′0″W / 27.97556°N 82.53333°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 10/28 | 6,999 | 2,133 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| 19L/1R | 8,300 | 2,530 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| 19R/1L | 11,002 | 3,353 | Concrete |
| Helipads | |||
| Number | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 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[1] | |||
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.[3] Southwest Airlines carries the largest amount of TPA passengers. Southwest has over 90 flights per day, when it is most busy.[4] 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. [5]
Airlines
The following airlines serve Tampa International Airport:[6]
Gallery
FAA diagram of Tampa International Airport.
Drew Field in 1948.
A Northwest Airlines Boeing 757 at Tampa in 1998. Northwest stopped flying in 2010.
Three planes parked at the terminal in 2014.
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Tampa International Airport Media
World War II postcard from Drew Army Airfield
Tampa Airport Marriott and air traffic control tower
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FAA Airport Master Record for TPA (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
- ↑ "TPA | About TPA | DrDrew Field History". Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
- ↑ "This domain was registered by Youdot.io". madduxpress.com.
- ↑ "The Southwest Airlines Community". www.southwestaircommunity.com.
- ↑ "Tampa International Airport ends FY2015 with highest passenger numbers since 2008 - Tampa International Airport". www.tampaairport.com.
- ↑ "Homepage - Tampa International Airport". www.tampaairport.com.
