Tampa International Airport (TPA)

Tampa International Airport is a public airport six miles west of Downtown Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. This airport is publicly owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority.[1] It has been praised for its architecture and Landside/Airside design of a central terminal connected by people movers to satellite gates, a pioneering concept when designed in the late 1960s. The airport was called Drew Field Municipal Airport until 1952.

Tampa International Airport is a hub for Silver Airways. Southwest Airlines carries the largest share of TPA passengers, operating a peak-season schedule of over 110 daily flights. The airport presently serves 80 non-stop destinations, including international service to the Bahamas, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Panama, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and to destinations throughout the Caribbean.

Tampa is also one of only two airports in the United States to host regularly scheduled charters to three Cuban cities: Havana, Holguín and Santa Clara. The airport handled 17,552,707 passengers in 2014, making it the 31st busiest airport by passenger movements in North America. International Plaza and Bay Street is adjacent to the airport. In 2011, it was called one of the 10 best airports by CNNGo.