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Cheapest round-trip
$153
Overall average: $287
Frontier
Fri 11/14Sun 11/16
CMH - TPA • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$157
Typical prices: $234-381
Southwest
Sat 11/8Sat 11/15
CMH - TPA • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Columbus to Tampa (CMH-TPA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Columbus to Tampa that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Columbus to Tampa

Fri, Nov 14 - Sun, Nov 16
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4:30 pm - 11:40 pmCMH-TPA
7h 10m1 stop
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8:38 am - 7:47 pmTPA-CMH
11h 09m1 stop
$153Frontier
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Mon, Oct 20 - Fri, Oct 24
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1:25 pm - 6:05 pmCMH-TPA
4h 40m1 stop
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6:37 am - 6:09 pmTPA-CMH
11h 32m1 stop
$155Frontier
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Sat, Nov 8 - Sat, Nov 15
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6:00 am - 8:25 amCMH-TPA
2h 25mnonstop
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6:15 am - 8:30 amTPA-CMH
2h 15mnonstop
$157Southwest
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Thu, Oct 23 - Mon, Oct 27
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7:04 pm - 5:22 amCMH-TPA
10h 18m1 stop
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6:37 am - 6:09 pmTPA-CMH
11h 32m1 stop
$158Frontier
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Sat, Nov 8 - Sat, Nov 15
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6:00 am - 8:25 amCMH-TPA
2h 25mnonstop
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7:05 am - 12:00 pmTPA-CMH
4h 55m1 stop
$167Southwest
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Mon, Dec 8 - Tue, Dec 16
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10:50 am - 10:18 pmCMH-TPA
11h 28m1 stop
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2:35 pm - 9:12 pmTPA-CMH
6h 37m1 stop
$184Spirit Airlines
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Sat, Oct 18 - Thu, Oct 23
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5:00 am - 2:35 pmCMH-TPA
9h 35m1 stop
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6:28 am - 11:58 amTPA-CMH
5h 30m1 stop
$192Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Oct 28 - Thu, Oct 30
American Airlines Logo
3:58 pm - 9:15 pmCMH-TPA
5h 17m1 stop
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8:00 am - 1:13 pmTPA-CMH
5h 13m1 stop
$197American Airlines
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Sun, Dec 14 - Mon, Dec 15
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5:54 pm - 10:00 pmCMH-TPA
4h 06m1 stop
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7:33 am - 12:16 pmTPA-CMH
4h 43m1 stop
$226American Airlines
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Wed, Oct 29 - Wed, Nov 5
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8:00 am - 12:54 pmCMH-TPA
4h 54m1 stop
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5:50 pm - 11:59 pmTPA-CMH
6h 09m1 stop
$233Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Columbus to Tampa flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Columbus to Tampa to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

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Planning a trip from Columbus to Tampa? KAYAK’s data-powered insights will help you find cheap flights. Learn the best time to fly, how early to book your ticket, and other tips to secure great prices.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Columbus Airport to Tampa clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Tampa on a Monday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Columbus Airport to Tampa. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Wednesday and avoiding Tuesdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus Airport to Tampa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Columbus Airport to Tampa is August, where tickets cost $257 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $425 and $410 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $283 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus Airport to Tampa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Columbus Airport to Tampa, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 50% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 6 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$76
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 21% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 31% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Columbus to Tampa

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Columbus to Tampa based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Columbus Airport to Tampa flights

  • Can I fly from Columbus to Tampa nonstop?

    Yes. Southwest tends to fly from CMH to TPA nonstop. Delta and American tend to operate the one-stop flights. These flights stop in cities including New York (LGA), Charlotte, CTA, Washington D.C. (DCA), and Philadelphia (PHL). Two-stop flights are often operated by United, with stops in cities including New York (EWR) and Washington D.C. (IAD).

  • Where can I park my car long term at CMH?

    The Long-Term Parking Garage is conveniently located just outside the airport terminal. A spot in this garage costs about $20 per day. Long-term parking takes up levels two through six in this garage. Level five provides parking spots where you can charge your electric car if there is a space available. However, motorcycles cannot park in this garage.

  • If I need to catch an early morning flight, are there hotels near or a hotel in the Columbus airport?

    CMH boasts three different hotels right on airport grounds: The Fairfield Inn and Suites Columbus Airport, the Residence Inn Columbus Airport, and the Hampton Inn Columbus Airport. The Fairfield and the Hampton offer free hot breakfast and both have a fitness center. The Fairfield has an indoor pool and the Hampton has an outdoor pool. The Residence Inn has an indoor pool, a meeting space, a putting green, and a free breakfast. All three provide free Wi-Fi and a free airport shuttle to take you right to your terminal.

  • Does CMH have a designated lounge for the US military?

    Yes. The Jake Brewer USO lounge is staffed by USO volunteers to provide a private, relaxing environment where US military service members and their families can wait for a plane. The lounge provides complimentary refreshments, toiletries, Direct TV, computers and internet access. You can find this lounge where you exit Concourse C by security.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Columbus Airport to Tampa was $76 for a one-way ticket and $153 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Columbus Airport and Tampa?

    A passport is not required to fly from Columbus Airport to Tampa.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

    On your way to Tampa, you’ll fly out from Columbus. You’ll be landing at Tampa.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

    American Airlines, and Delta offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Columbus Airport to Tampa flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

    The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Columbus Airport to Tampa flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

    Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Columbus Airport and Tampa, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

    There are nonstop flights from Columbus Airport to Tampa on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Columbus to Tampa, Southwest or Breeze Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Columbus to Tampa are Southwest and Breeze Airways. With an average price for the route of $352 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Breeze Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $218 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Columbus Airport to Tampa.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Tampa from Columbus Airport is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Tampa with an airline and back to Columbus Airport with another airline. Booking your flights between Columbus Airport and TPA can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Columbus Airport to Tampa?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Tampa from Columbus Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Columbus Airport to Tampa

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $119 or less one-way and $229 or less round-trip.
  • Tampa Airport (TPA) is a hub for Southwest Airlines. John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) is no longer a hub for any airlines, though it was in the 90s and early 2000s.
  • The Getaway Spa has a spa in every terminal in TPA in case you want to get the kinks out and get re-invigorated before you head into the city. Massages only are offered in the spas in terminals A and F. At the spas in terminals C and E, you can get manicures, pedicures, and massages.
  • CMH provides four different Nursing Rooms for traveling moms who prefer to breastfeed in private or need to pump. These Nursing Rooms can be found at gates A2, B29, and C51. There is also another Nursing Room by the baggage claim for Southwest Airlines.
  • CMH provides an animal relief area outside of the baggage claim areas, so your service animal or pet will have to go before you enter the airport. However, post-security, gate agents can assist travelers with guide dogs or service animals to find a relief area for their animal if necessary.
  • Next to baggage claim carousel 6, CMH provides a meditation and prayer room for people of any and all different faiths. You can find prayer rugs and holy books for many different religions in this inter-faith space of peace and contemplation.

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Columbus to Tampa

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Columbus to Tampa. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4248 reviews
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7.0Food
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
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Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

10.0 ExcellentGabriel, Sep 2025DEN - SMF
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Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

Excellent. Would encourage Southwest to keep current boarding procedures with free style seating. Makes for a fantastic experience

As always, the entire Southwest experience was perfect. Purchasing the tickets on the Southwest web site was effortless, departure and arrival gates were spotless and comfortable, plane was clean and comfortable, crew was excellent and flight was on time. Wheelchair service in Las Vegas at departure was somewhat chaotic and disjointed, but I am not sure if that was Southwest problem, airport problem or combination.

I wish they had movie screens in the headrests. The seats are much improved, more legroom and recently renovated. Bathroom was clean. Staff was outstanding!!

As always, the entire Southwest experience was wonderful, from online booking to flight to baggage retrieval. Very grateful.

The weather could have been better. There was a 40 minute ATC delay in SFO because of marine fog and a micro cell storm delayed landing and take-off at Nashville. The gate was changed 5 minutes from boarding from gate B3 to gate C23 at Nashville airport.

The quality of Southwest Airlines continues to degrade each time I fly with them. If it were not for the free luggage, I would probably choose another airline. Their prices are a little bit competitive, but way too high for the quality of the service. Southwest is not unique in this way. Domestic flight in the United States of America has continued to be a lower and lower quality product. Very sad when you compare the quality of domestic airlines to that of many international airlines around the world.

Sat on tarmac for 2 hours and then missed my connecting flight

I'm not a fan of Southwest's model. I don't like the herding style of boarding.

It is southwest seat was ok. Not the most comfortable seat

Movie selection was meh. Food was great. Crew as always great. I paid for premium because that’s the only way not to feel like a sardine. That’s how economy should be imo. Sadly passengers have to pay an extra $1000 to get what they should at base price but that’s all airlines. The airline industry in general treats passengers as cargo.

Delta made it easy, comfortable and timely. The crew was fantastic.

Always good but we must do something about people in rows ahead of you that don't put their seats back up when they are suppose to. And It's rough to not be able to even lean over to get something out of my purse.

this crew didn't care much. bumping carts into seats more times than i care to remember

Everything was fine except the entertainment was not working for half of the flight.

Easy boarding with an extremely kind attendant. Seats were spacious and we had 3 seats for 2 people so we could stretch out. Comfortable air flow and very attentive and hospital attendants. Bathrooms and food were the only negative. Bathrooms were so small you could hardly get in and close the door. I don’t think an obese person would fit or a person with a movement disability. Food was the trending food for flights, nonexistent. We spent $40 getting sandwich and snack at airport for our 6 hour flught.

I like for how they process during check in. It was very smoothly.

I am very bothered by the events today. I can't believe the flight attendants allowed someone to take my seat and made me move. It was embarrassing. I was in the right. The lady just didn't want move. I can't believe delta would allow this to stand and disrespect my rights as a passenger. The lady complained about her leg and that she couldn't move. Firstly somehow she was able to make it to row 24. Not sure how much her leg could have hurt. Secondly, I'm in plenty of pain myself. I just finished chemotherapy a several weeks ago. My body is constantly sore. Yet deltas flight attendants didn't appropriately protect my rights. In the end they found me a seat on the plane but I want to understand how delta can operate this way. They in essence allowed a bully to get their way.

Crew was friendly Love the entertainment in the seat head rest.

Zero updates from the pilots for 30 minutes in the tarmac

It was a red eye flight, so no meals were provided, but it was fine with snacks. The seats felt cramped and almost too narrow.

We didn't take off until an hour after we boarded.

Wish they had the seat-back video screens for watching movies or playing games.

Very good but wish they had the seat-back video screens for movies & games

Flight was delayed not sure why no explanation given and no apologies either. Otherwise the flight was fine

Any flight to ORD after about 2pm this summer has been challenging. Flight was delayed getting in (coming from ORD) and that led to it not leaving before a ground stop due to lightening before they could fuel the plane, and so forth. They made up some time but we were still late in arriving at ORD, and that led to missed connections.

While waiting to claim my checked luggage, I discovered the airline had lost it. After a long wait and inquiries, I discovered it was on another flight. Fortunately, the airline finally sent my luggage home.

Couldn’t get the door on the plane to close leading to a nearly 2 hour delay. But, hey at least they didn’t cancel the flight.

Flight delays numerous times. Everytime we would get close to boarding it would be delayed again. Strung along the entire time.

The flight was fine and the crew awesome. The problem is ORD and AA. Computers went down, ORD fell apart and a 40 min flight turned into a 3 hour trip. Guess the answer is to not try and fly to ORD after noon. But, as I said, crew was awesome and did everything they could to lesson the flight time.

Crew was great. No entertainment and food and beverage was for purchase only, even water

It was canceled. The flight wasn’t rescheduled, everyone had to figure out their own new arrangements. They said we would get refunded our original fare and receive an additional $150. We received links for $100 only and they expired before we could activate them.

The plane had originated in Las Vegas at 6:30 in the morning and flew to Moline where we boarded. The flight left around 12:30 PM and there were no boxed snacks available and many of the alcoholic beverages were unavailable. I would find it hard to believe that that many of the passengers coming from Las Vegas at 6:30 in the morning, drank and ate that much of the items. I can only come to the conclusion that someone failed to stock the plane for the round-trip. This is a huge revenue failure for the airline and disappointment for the passengers. The flight crew did not seem happy to be there and did not engage with passengers. Allegiant you can do better.

They did not let my husband on the plane with our service animal at the last minute. Do NOT fly this airline with a service animal!

Tight! Seats are not designed for those of us who wear extra-large clothes.

The non-stop flight from Grand Rapids was excellent. I neither expected or needed a budget flight and Allegiant made the trip easy and for an affordable price, Arriving at the Mesa Airport (AZA) is a delight compared to the international airport. For our return flight, we were able to arrive 75 minutes before the flight, return the rental car, check our bag and make it to the gate in plenty of time. That would never happen at most airports.

Easiest flights I’ve ever taken. Plane was comfortable without overly crowded seating.

Terrible. Still have not received the refund from them. They sent it to some account that I don't even know. Spoke with costumer service and they are unable to help.

I didn’t like it at all. I miss my second flight because of the delay on Allegiant Air now I m stuck in MCO.

Good, but a bit late on take off after loading. Don't like charging for carry ons!

Very easy boarding! Crew was fantastic and offered us refreshments quickly and efficiently. Quick, nice flight!

My baggage broke and they did not offer me anything. No conversation

It was not good at all, I think the crew could be kinder

Cheap flight but really uncomfortable. Seat cushions flimsy. Jammed in middle seat when flight is not full. They don’t even give you water

My initial flight got overbooked whilst waiting at the gate, and they rebooked me on a later INDIRECT flight!. No offer of a refund

Don't board the plane and have us sit for 2 hours and go nowhere!

I never made my flight because of their poor service, as I said in my other review: I never made this flight. When I got to the airport I had a message to say that the flight was delayed and would be getting into Fort Lauderdale at 10 pm. My connecting flight was due to leave around 10:10 pm so there is no way I would have made the connection. I went back to the Spirit desk and tried to explain this to a desk agent who didn't understand. Eventually her supervisor came over and explained it. The desk agent was unhelpful and only offered options that would have required getting a hotel overnight. She offered no hotel or meal vouchers and when I said that it seemed my only option was to go to another airline she told me I needed to make a decision because they were closing the desk and would not be back till 3 pm. I went to Delta and had to pay extra but they could help get me back to Orlando. I now have to file a claim against Spirit and I am just glad I paid for insurance. Very unhappy and very poor service.

I never made this flight. When I got to the airport I had a message to say that the flight was delayed and would be getting into Fort Lauderdale at 10 pm. My connecting flight was due to leave around 10:10 pm so there is no way I would have made the connection. I went back to the Spirit desk and tried to explain this to a desk agent who didn't understand. Eventually her supervisor came over and explained it. The desk agent was unhelpful and only offered options that would have required getting a hotel overnight. She offered no hotel or meal vouchers and when I said that it seemed my only option was to go to another airline she told me I needed to make a decision because they were closing the desk and would not be back till 3 pm. I went to Delta and had to pay extra but they could help get me back to Orlando. I now have to file a claim against Spirit and I am just glad I paid for insurance. Very unhappy and very poor service.

Everything was fine. I'm average height and I pack light. I'm ready for my Spirit flight.

Wow truly top notch airline Efficient nice snacks courteous staff Fast boarding !

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