Great-circle route TPA ↔ LGA. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| TPA → LGA Tampa to New York |
43/wk | Daily | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines |
| LGA → TPA New York to Tampa |
— | — | American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 768,571 passengers on 5,396 flights between TPA and LGA — about 2,107 a day — filling 84% of the 918,429 seats flown. Delta Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (61%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
3 airlines fly the TPA–LGA nonstop, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Tampa International Airport and La Guardia Airport is 1,012 miles, or 1,629 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,012 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,629 km |
| Nautical miles | 879 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 43 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 35m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,012-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 768,571 passengers on 5,396 scheduled flights between TPA and LGA — about 2,107 a day — filling 84% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-900, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
