Tampa to Charlotte (TPA–CLT) — Airlines, Schedules & Connections

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509 mi airlines charter/private 96/wk
On-time Some delays Frequent delays
Flight Schedule 33 flights Verified 43m ago
Also flown by charter / private operators: NetJets Aviation, Executive Jet Management.
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  Flight Airline AC Dep Arr Dur OTP Sched  
✈ Nonstop
AA653
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AA American
321 Seat map
5:44 AM
EDT
7:33 AM
EDT
1h 49m
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AA1225
Starts Oct 6 Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
6:00 AM
EDT
7:50 AM
EDT
1h 50m
M T W T F S S
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AA2538
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AA American
321 Seat map
7:14 AM
EDT
8:49 AM
EDT
1h 35m
M T W T F S S
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AA1704
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AA American
321 Seat map
8:01 AM
EDT
9:50 AM
EDT
1h 49m
M T W T F S S
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AA1975
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AA American
321 Seat map
10:21 AM
EDT
12:07 PM
EDT
1h 46m
M T W T F S S
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AA637
Starts Oct 5 Seat map
AA American
320 Seat map
10:36 AM
EDT
12:24 PM
EDT
1h 48m
M T W T F S S
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AA2756
Starts Oct 5 Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
10:36 AM
EDT
12:27 PM
EDT
1h 51m
M T W T F S S
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AA2113
Starts Oct 6 Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
11:16 AM
EDT
1:07 PM
EDT
1h 51m
M T W T F S S
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AA2710+1
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AA American
321 Seat map
12:00 PM
EDT
1:47 PM
EDT
1h 47m
M T W T F S S
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IB4780cs
IB Iberia
321
1:02 PM
EDT
2:55 PM
EDT
1h 53m
M T W T F S S
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AA436
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AA American
321 Seat map
1:13 PM
EDT
2:52 PM
EDT
1h 39m
M T W T F S S
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AA1154
Starts Oct 5 Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
1:55 PM
EDT
3:45 PM
EDT
1h 50m
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA2915
AA American
B38M
3:35 PM
EDT
5:22 PM
EDT
1h 47m
M T W T F S S
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AA1982
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AA American
321 Seat map
4:27 PM
EDT
6:19 PM
EDT
1h 52m
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA2753
Starts Oct 5 Seat map
AA American
738 Seat map
7:08 PM
EDT
9:01 PM
EDT
1h 53m
M T W T F S S
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AA1974
AA American
B38M
7:10 PM
EDT
8:44 PM
EDT
1h 34m
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA1975
Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
7:56 AM
EDT
9:22 AM
EDT
1h 26m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA2756
Starts Oct 5 Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
8:00 AM
EDT
9:46 AM
EDT
1h 46m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA649
Starts Oct 5 Seat map
AA American
320 Seat map
8:00 AM
EDT
9:40 AM
EDT
1h 40m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA2113
Starts Oct 6 Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
8:40 AM
EDT
10:26 AM
EDT
1h 46m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA2710+1
Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
9:22 AM
EDT
11:10 AM
EDT
1h 48m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA1974
Starts Oct 5 Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
9:34 AM
EDT
11:20 AM
EDT
1h 46m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA436
Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
10:31 AM
EDT
12:14 PM
EDT
1h 43m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA1037
Starts Oct 5 Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
1:00 PM
EDT
2:43 PM
EDT
1h 43m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA2915
Seat map
AA American
738 Seat map
1:13 PM
EDT
2:46 PM
EDT
1h 33m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA1982
Seat map
AA American
321 Seat map
1:55 PM
EDT
3:36 PM
EDT
1h 41m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA545
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AA American
7M8 Seat map
3:40 PM
EDT
5:22 PM
EDT
1h 42m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA2753
Starts Oct 5 Seat map
AA American
738 Seat map
4:32 PM
EDT
6:18 PM
EDT
1h 46m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA2515
Seat map
AA American
738 Seat map
4:40 PM
EDT
6:26 PM
EDT
1h 46m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA3051
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AA American
321 Seat map
5:45 PM
EDT
7:27 PM
EDT
1h 42m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
IB4749+3
IB Iberia
321
6:15 PM
EDT
7:57 PM
EDT
1h 42m
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA2022
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AA American
321 Seat map
7:20 PM
EDT
9:00 PM
EDT
1h 40m
53%
M T W T F S S
Prices
AA1773
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AA American
321 Seat map
10:36 PM
EDT Red-eye
12:05 AM+1
EDT
1h 29m
53%
M T W T F S S
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No flights match your filters.

No scheduled airline flights on this route — it's flown by charter / private operators (). No nonstop flights on this route. connecting options below.

✦ 1-Stop connections via 10 hubs
ATL Atlanta 3h 36m AFAMDL AAAFAM Atlanta (ATL) to Charlotte flights
GSP Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg 3h 41m MX AA Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg (GSP) to Charlotte flights
CHS Charleston 3h 41m MX AABA Charleston (CHS) to Charlotte flights
RDU Raleigh/Durham 3h 49m AFDLF9 AAIB Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Charlotte flights
ILM Wilmington 3h 55m MXXP AABA Wilmington (ILM) to Charlotte flights
BHM Birmingham 4h WN AA Birmingham (BHM) to Charlotte flights
FLL Fort Lauderdale 4h 3m B6MXWN AAADB6 Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Charlotte flights
MYR Myrtle Beach 4h 7m MX AABA Myrtle Beach (MYR) to Charlotte flights
MIA Miami 4h 8m AAATBA AABAF9 Miami (MIA) to Charlotte flights
BNA Nashville 4h 10m AAWN AAWN Nashville (BNA) to Charlotte flights
1-STOP More options, longer trips
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Tampa to Charlotte
2 carriers, 96 flights/week nonstop.
2 Airlines 509 mi 1h 49m nonstop

TPA–CLT is served by 2 airlines with nonstop service. American Airlines and Frontier lead the route. The flight covers 509 miles in approximately 1h 49m. Beyond nonstop, 1-stop connecting options are also available.

Airline Landscape

All carriers operating nonstop TPA–CLT service, compared side by side.
Airline Freq/wk Aircraft Duration Dep OTP Alliance Codeshares
AA American Airlines Also: IB 89 320, 321, 738, B38M 1h34-1h53 70% Oneworld IB
F9 Frontier Also: Y4 0 70% Y4
Aircraft on this route
320 Airbus A320 – AA
321 Airbus A321 – AA, IB
738 Boeing 737-800 – AA
B38M Boeing 737 MAX 8 – AA
Alliance coverage
Oneworld: AA (89 flights/wk, 100%)
Unaffiliated: F9 (0 flights/wk, 0%)
OTP based on airport-level delay snapshots. Duration ranges reflect seasonal/directional variation.

Weekly Schedule Pattern

Nonstop flight frequency by day of week, TPA to CLT direction.
Mon
14
flights
Tue
11
flights
Wed
14
flights
Thu
14
flights
Fri
14
flights
Sat
14
flights
Sun
15
flights
Departure time distribution
12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM12 AM
Morning departures
Afternoon/evening departures
16
Nonstop flights
96
Outbound / wk
99
Return / wk

Connection Landscape

Beyond nonstop. 1-stop and 2-stop options for TPA to CLT.
1-STOP
One-Stop Connections
79
Hubs
~3h
Fastest
~25h
Longest
Verified with published schedule alignment and minimum connection time.
2-STOP
Two-Stop Connections
4,092
Candidates
Two-stop connections loaded in the connections tab above.
Connections computed from published schedules with minimum connection time verification. Use the interactive explorer above the fold to filter by airline, tier, and layover time.

On-Time Performance

What to expect at each end of your journey.
Outbound
TPA → CLT
70%
Moderate delays possible. Allow buffer time.
Departing
70%
Arriving
76%
Return
CLT → TPA
68%
Moderate delays possible. Allow buffer time.
Departing
68%
Arriving
59%
OTP = percentage of flights arriving within 15 min of schedule. Based on airport-level delay snapshots. TPA delays → CLT delays →

Other ways to reach Charlotte from Tampa

Nearby airports with service to Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Metric TPA→CLT PIE→CLT LAL→CLT
Distance from TPA 10 mi 31 mi
Nonstop airlines 2 4 3
Weekly flights 96 1
Flight time 1h 49m 1h 27m 1h 9m
Departure OTP 70%
Airports within 200 miles of TPA with service to Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

Travel Essentials

Practical planning for this route.
Time Difference
0h
Charlotte is 0 hours the same as Tampa.
TPA: EDT · CLT: EDT

When it's 6:00 PM in Tampa, it's 6:00 PM in Charlotte.
Distance & Flight Time
509 mi / 819 km
Nonstop flight time is approximately 1h 49m gate to gate.
Getting to TPA

No rail link exists to TPA. Ride-shares (Uber/Lyft) from downtown Tampa cost $20–30 and take 15–25 minutes. The HART bus network serves the airport but is infrequent and poorly suited to flight timing.Taxis from downtown run $25–35. From St. Petersburg, expect $45–60 via the Howard Frankland Bridge. Parking at TPA is well-organized: economy lots from $8/day, garages from $12/day, with a free automated people mover connecting the main terminal to parking garages.

Getting from CLT

No rail connects CLT to the city. Uber and Lyft to Uptown Charlotte cost $18–30 (15–20 minutes). Taxis are metered, slightly more expensive.CATS Route 5 bus runs to downtown ($2.20, 45 min). Rental cars are in an on-site facility attached to the terminal. The airport's single main terminal with concourses A–E is connected by an underground people mover; clear security at your concourse, not at the central checkpoint, to save time.

Charlotte Climate

Humid subtropical climate. Summers are hot and humid (30–35°C) with frequent afternoon thunderstorms that cause delays June through August. Charlotte sits in a region with high storm frequency. Winters are generally mild (1–10°C) but ice storms hit 2–4 times per year and are highly disruptive since Charlotte has limited de-icing infrastructure.

Spring brings severe weather risk including tornadoes. Fall (September–November) is the most stable season. Snow is rare but the city is poorly equipped to handle it when it arrives.

TPA–CLT Quick Facts

Key statistics for the Tampa to Charlotte route.
Route details
Distance509 mi / 819 km
Flight time1h 49m
Time difference0 hours
Airlines (nonstop)2
Weekly flights96 out / 99 return
1-stop connectionsAvailable
Origin: TPA
IATA / ICAOTPA / KTPA
TimezoneAmerica/New_York
Passengers/yr24.2M
Elevation26 ft / 8 m
Destination: CLT
IATA / ICAOCLT / KCLT
TimezoneAmerica/New_York
Passengers/yr58.8M
Elevation748 ft / 228 m

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about TPA to CLT flights.
Nonstop flights from Tampa International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport take about 1h 49m gate to gate. The route covers 509 miles.
2 airlines operate flights from TPA to CLT: American Airlines and Frontier.
This route has frequent daily service. Check the schedule above for departure days and times in each direction.
Yes, 1-stop connections are available, ranked by layover time. Common connecting points include Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta, Greenville-Spartanburg and Charleston.
On a single ticket, yes. Your bags are checked through to CLT and move between planes without you. On two separate tickets you collect your bags at the connecting airport and recheck them, so build in extra layover time.
Yes, return flights from CLT to TPA are available. Use the direction toggle at the top to view the return schedule.
Nearby alternatives include PIE, LAL and SRQ. See the Alternatives section for a full comparison.
Click the 'Search Flights' button to check availability and prices on Google Flights. You can also compare airlines and schedules on this page to find the best option.
See the On-Time Performance section for the latest delay data at both airports. This shows departure and arrival reliability to help you plan.
Route data is updated regularly from official airline schedules. On-time performance data comes from recent airport delay snapshots.

Flights from TPA to CLT

Tampa International Airport (TPA) and Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) are connected by nonstop service from American Airlines and Frontier. With 96 weekly departures, this is a heavily served route.

TPA to CLT Flight Duration and Schedule

Nonstop flight time from TPA to CLT is about 1 hours 49 minutes gate to gate. The route covers a distance of 509 miles (819 km). There are approximately 96 weekly flights outbound and 99 return, totaling 195 flights per week in both directions.

Connecting Options and Alternatives

1-stop connecting options are also available, commonly via Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta, Greenville-Spartanburg and Charleston. Two-stop connections are also available via intermediate hubs. Nearby alternative airports include Pinellas Park (PIE), Lakeland (LAL) and Sarasota/Bradenton (SRQ).