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Find cheap flights from Costa Rica to Tampa from $106

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Flights to Tampa - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to Tampa?

The average price of all flights to Tampa clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Tampa is Thursday where tickets can be as cheap as $358. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where prices are $428 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Tampa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights 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 to Tampa is May, where tickets cost $427 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, where the average cost of tickets from Costa Rica is $688 and $663 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is April with an average price of $299.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Tampa?

The average price for all flights to Tampa depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Tampa is generally at night, when flights cost $319 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Tampa is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $412.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Tampa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 days before departure.

How long is the flight to Tampa?

The duration of your flight to Tampa depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Tampa on KAYAK are from San José, which takes 3h 15m, and Liberia, which takes 7h 45m.

How many direct flights to Tampa are there each day?

There are around 317 direct flights from within Costa Rica to Tampa every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 4:00 pm the most common departure time and 45% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to Tampa are there each week?

Each week there are around 2,217 direct flights from within Costa Rica to Tampa. The most common day for departures is Thursday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

Good to know

Low season

May

High season

January

Cheapest flight

$106
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 18% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from San José to Tampa

FAQs - booking Tampa flights

  • How far is Tampa from central Tampa?

    Central Tampa is 5 miles away from Tampa.

  • What is the name of Tampa’s airport?

    When flying to Tampa, you'll arrive at Tampa (TPA). The airport is also known as Tampa or Tampa Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights 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 to Tampa.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights 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 with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight 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 up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Tampa?

    Of the 12 airlines that fly to Tampa, Southwest offers the most flights, with around 798 per week, followed by American Airlines with 388 flights per week.

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Find which airlines fly direct to Tampa, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

Costa Rica to Tampa

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +55 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +56 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +53 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +54 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +53 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +54 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +53 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +54 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +55 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +56 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +55 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +56 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +56 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +57 more

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Nonstop returns

Tampa to Costa Rica

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +55 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +56 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +53 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +54 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +53 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +54 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +53 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +54 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +55 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +56 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +55 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +56 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +56 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +57 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from Costa Rica to Tampa

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Tampa. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Costa Rica to Tampa. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Tampa? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 10826 reviews
8.6Crew
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
8.0Entertainment
7.4Food
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I would fly again the whole experience was great. The only feed back I can give that they don't do that American Airlines does is the crew there is more humorous with boarding and thank their passengers. It makes it more fun to fly with them. I would however fly Delta again.

10.0 ExcellentDonnel, Apr 2024ATL - EYW
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I would fly again the whole experience was great. The only feed back I can give that they don't do that American Airlines does is the crew there is more humorous with boarding and thank their passengers. It makes it more fun to fly with them. I would however fly Delta again.

Horrible. This was not first class. This was a connecting flight whi h was late. My original flight never came. I hated the fact that delta gave me a connecting flight from New York to Orlando Florida. No meals and the television screens were not working. There wasn't even any power to charge your phones. This is NOT FIRST CLASS DELTA!!! Do better next time!

Flight was delayed an no one make an announcement about it., they only have Coca Cola and nothing else., the food that was served was cold… very bad experience and service

They did a fine job. Can't wait to use Delta in the future.

Seat back monitors and outlets were dead and not working.

The experience was good and the flight departed on time and landed early

The flight was delayed but we got to our final destination.

public website still broken for years randomly blocking browsers with privacy options active after loading a page maybe once. check-in on laptop was almost impossible but eventually randomly worked. had to print pass at airport since couldn't get back in to load digital pass on mobile firefox or chrome. red eye flight so smooth onboarding, plenty of room to spread out, easy offboarding. onboard wifi instructions mention vpn can cause problems connecting but fails to also mention private dns. no printed or built in menu list, seems weird to require personal device to point at qr code link for menu which does not even allow direct ordering. people with health condition risk related dietary restrictions trying to avoid for example cholesterol and sugar are left guessing what they can order either way without nutritional info highlights (cranberry juice was minute maid cocktail with as much suger as typical can of soda). tap to pay wasn't working and always seems sketchy to manually enter card info. good movie variety, so limited tv was okay.

Bathroom broke, had to rush to board because of late exit of previous flight

Boarding super slow with people allowed to linger in aisles

Captain and Crew were excellent. The Boeing 737-800 was showing its age. In flight entertainment system was sluggish and my Business Class seat on the outbound flight had some mechanical issues. Only real problem was the location of the Gate in Panama PTY. It was a 40 minute hike from Security to the Gate. There should have been some sort of warning about the distance.

landed in panama it was in terminal one. We had to take a bus to terminal two for customs. Then back to terminal one. It was very frustrating. Then, on the way back from panama it was the same situation. We had to go back and forth between terminals to check in and drop our bags and then to board. When we were leaving, we had to wait in line for the boarding area and go through another gate security process. They told the bottles of water and coffee were bought while in line in the airport after we passed the main security. Ridiculous (and expensive). A much better communication system is needed.

This was my first time flying Copa but I'll definitely be back! Great service, professional agents, and delicious food for a fair price. Thanks for a great trip!

Horrible experience from start to end. Copa costumer service is non existent. They treat you bad. Everybody tells you different information. We didn’t received our luggage in the 1 day stop we did even we they said if was not going to be a problem. They didn’t respect the seats that we had and spread our family leaving in between of two big people who didn’t leave any space for me and crush me from side to side. I’ll never recommend Copa to anybody.

No cumpli mencionado trayecto por reasignacion de Copa Pero extraviaron mis maletas por su culpa

I was fortunate enough to have an entire row to myself and that was the highlight. Unfortunately, the flight was really turbulent which had no impact on how effective the crew was. However, I am disabled and should have boarded the flight first, but that wasn't the case. They also decided to take my bag at the gate because I had one too many and upon my picking it up at JFK it along with my rollator had been damaged. I am a vegan so the didn't have a proper meal for me and I was unable to view the entertainment because I didn't receive a set of headphones and if I needed to supply my own I wasn't made aware of that either. The crew was great, but overall everything was pretty lackluster.

Cons: "Sure. I had booked a two week vacation in Brazil. All hotels, car rental and guides booked. Copa changed my fligjt at the last minute and out of the 14 days vacatipn I had in Brazil, they would have me spend 6 days in Panama City!!! Lost of small fortune with hotels, car rentals amd had to buy another ticket with Latam. They are a scam!!"
Cons: "Due the COVID-19 El Salvador closed its boarders, leaving me unable to fly. I have sent two emails, called and spoke to a customer service representative who treated me unprofessionally and rude. After that I have been calling numerous times with a wait of over 25 minutes each time and I still have to answer from you as a company. I am extremely disappointed and want an answer soon."
Pros: "Crew was great. Food was acceptable. Really comfortable flight."
Cons: "Entertainment could have been better. Tvs per seat to wAtch movies what we want"
Pros: "nice crew."
Cons: "seats were too small and uncomfortable, not possible to lean back much because of a tall passenger behind me. international flights should have better seats."

Should have video screens Plane audio was poor and without wired connection hard to understand crew. Should serve more than just cups of water and pretzels on six hour flight. Did not see crew rest of flight. Fix charging sockets to retain charging blocks.

Only water and pretzels served on six hour flight. Did not see crew rest of flight. No video screens and so no wired audio. Poor sound on plan so did not understand anything said by crew. This is a safety issue. Electrical socket did not retain charging block so could not charge phone. No video screen so could not watch movies. Phone is not a substitute.

It was fine. Flight was on time and arrived at destination with 15 min to spare.

My bag was lost with my medicine and I am very inconvenienced. I don’t know what happened, however I want you to do a better job on getting people’s bag back

I paid $380 for my one-way ticket from California to Minnesota. The fair did not include online check-in. I received instructions from their app to check in at a kiosk. At the kiosk, the boarding pass would not print until an actual person came to verify that I had a personal item and not a carry-on item, On the plane, the person next to me was drunk and allowed to continue to order alcohol. United is garbage I’d rather fly spirit.

The food that was offered based on class level of your ticket was absolutely ridiculous and disgusting. They didn't even hot tea to serve, the food was horrible. On our departure flight I was seated in premium plus economy and considering the cost of the flight the food was literally some of the worst I've ever eaten. On the return flight I sat in economy with extra leg room and was given a thin little throw "blanket" and a flimsy little pillow. The air condition was on artic and the seating arrangement wasn't really worth the money. The seat didn't recline good enough and the foot rest was laughable. Total waste.

There was a group of school age passengers that were very loud and unruly with their chaperones were no where to be found.

flight delays, staff only communicating when pushed, food service lasting a grand total of 7 minutes, stuck in seat from 45mins into flight until landing

I liked everything about the flight. The service was excellent!

Delayed a day due to snow storm. Was upgraded. That kind of made up for significant delays from FLL to COS with no compensation or acknowledgement.

They ocer booked the connecting flight. My bags took a long time to come out, nevertheless I got to the gate in time to board, but they have given my seat to another passenger. They were aware I was connecting from another flight that was a little late, but they did not care. The customer representatives were rude. A horrible experience.

Flight was cancelled had to move to another gate late again no internet paid for the month and never can use it waste of money

Flight delayed over an over all day until it cancelled at 1:30am. Would not repeatedly delay that late. Offer hotel rooms and rebook early. Very difficult for families with small children

A disaster, I lost my connection due to overcrowding at the Miami airport, having a 3-hour layover and the airline did nothing to reboard me on time and I had to sleep on the floor for 18 hours.

The flight was 90 minutes long and the stewardesses were extremely slow. I was in row 16 and they did not serve us drinks until we were descending for landing in a 90 minute flight. Unacceptably slow and at least 10 rows (20 to 31) did not receive any drinks or snacks for the entire duration of the flight because of the slowness of the stewardesses. There is no rationale to delay beverage service to brew coffee for a flight at six p m.

Flight was delayed three hours waiting for the flight crew, even though the plane was at the gate for the scheduled departure

It was a good flight. Of course it was full, but it went well.

We sat on the plane for 1 hour because the airline was short handed could not be unloading.

Seats in coach aren't padded enough for a 6 hour flight

We are gluten free, there were not any available complimentary gluten free options.

Everything was really good but the seats are not very comfortable.

Spirit canceled the flight in March and never notified me!

Pretty good. Would’ve been excellent if we would have left on time and the crew wasn’t late.

Spirit airline tries to screw you at every opportunity. Spirit wanted 65$ for an extra pound in the suitcase Made me open the suitcase at the counter to remove 1 pound. Staff very cold and rude Will never fly spirit again and will recommend same to family and friends

The weight limit per bag was really low - 40 lbs - so we had to pay extra. Then, they said their carry on size was 14x18x8, and we measured our bag very carefully. It was within the limit, yet they said it was too big, so we ended up paying an extra $100 for that too!! So it wasn’t the cheap flight we thought it would be. Then, they moved up our initial flight to depart 3 hours earlier which meant we had to be out on the road by 7 am and then have a 6 hour layover and we got home at 2am. It was a grueling day. I won’t be flying with them again.

Overall it was a good experience. Stewards were very kind and professional. The departure and arrival times were as promised. Plane was clean.

Terrible as usual!!!! Very unprofessional and rude flight attendants! You get what you pay for! HORRIBLE

My experience was above excellent!!!! First the lady that pushed me in the wheelchair to the gate was outstanding!!! Then the ladies at the gate went over and beyond, by helping me fill out the immigration form! I would not have been able to get to Guatemala without their help!!! God bless them all! They were amazing 🙏❤️🙏

The seemingly have no respect for their customers, on any level. Definitely my last time flying spirit.

Our flight was delayed two hours. We nearly missed our connecting flight and had to rush across the airport with little kids and all their luggage. They didn’t give us enough time to walk from one gate to the other, then when we got on, we waited another half hour while the crew loaded cargo. It seems like they could have given passengers more time if they had cargo to load anyway.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to Tampa found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/29Wed
1 stopSpirit Airlines
6h 21mSJO-TPA
6/3Mon
1 stopSpirit Airlines
6h 33mTPA-SJO
$190
5/27Mon
1 stopSpirit Airlines
6h 21mSJO-TPA
6/6Thu
1 stopSpirit Airlines
16h 03mTPA-SJO
$191
5/17Fri
1 stopSpirit Airlines
15h 30mSJO-TPA
5/26Sun
1 stopSpirit Airlines
15h 03mTPA-SJO
$201
5/31Fri
1 stopSpirit Airlines
21h 46mSJO-TPA
6/11Tue
1 stopSpirit Airlines
6h 30mTPA-SJO
$211
8/28Wed
1 stopCopa Airlines
6h 05mSJO-TPA
9/15Sun
1 stopCopa Airlines
15h 53mTPA-SJO
$332
9/13Fri
1 stopCopa Airlines
7h 43mSJO-TPA
9/23Mon
1 stopCopa Airlines
15h 53mTPA-SJO
$341
9/13Fri
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
19h 53mSJO-TPA
9/23Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
17h 23mTPA-SJO
$366
5/15Wed
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 44mSJO-TPA
5/18Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
7h 51mTPA-SJO
$383
10/31Thu
1 stopDelta
8h 42mLIR-TPA
11/4Mon
1 stopDelta
7h 18mTPA-LIR
$387
6/20Thu
1 stopUnited Airlines
24h 21mLIR-TPA
7/2Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 05mTPA-LIR
$759

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Tampa found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/20Mon
1 stopSpirit Airlines
6h 21mSJO-TPA
$106
5/16Thu
1 stopFrontier
11h 00mSJO-TPA
$134
8/27Tue
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
17h 11mSJO-TPA
$150
5/21Tue
1 stopCopa Airlines
6h 09mSJO-TPA
$157
5/11Sat
1 stopDelta
7h 54mSJO-TPA
$192
7/1Mon
1 stopUnited Airlines
9h 09mSJO-TPA
$197
7/3Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
24h 52mSJO-TPA
$204
5/21Tue
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
22h 13mSJO-TPA
$218
7/18Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
24h 57mSJO-TPA
$237
8/24Sat
2 stopsCopa Airlines
16h 23mSJO-TPA
$258

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Last minute flights to Tampa

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Tampa that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/9Thu
multi-stopFrontier
11h 54mSJO-TPA
5/15Wed
multi-stopFrontier
24h 58mTPA-SJO
$227
5/9Thu
multi-stop
11h 54mSJO-TPA
5/16Thu
multi-stop
15h 54mTPA-SJO
$244
5/8Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
6h 21mSJO-TPA
5/16Thu
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
15h 54mTPA-SJO
$265
5/10Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
21h 46mSJO-TPA
5/16Thu
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
15h 54mTPA-SJO
$266
5/10Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
33h 19mSJO-TPA
5/16Thu
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
15h 54mTPA-SJO
$286
5/9Thu
multi-stop
11h 54mSJO-TPA
5/15Wed
multi-stop
15h 46mTPA-SJO
$290
5/8Wed
multi-stop
6h 21mSJO-TPA
5/15Wed
multi-stop
24h 58mTPA-SJO
$294
5/7Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
16h 36mSJO-TPA
5/14Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 05mTPA-SJO
$339
5/7Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
16h 36mSJO-TPA
5/14Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
11h 08mTPA-SJO
$342
5/9Thu
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
26h 57mSJO-TPA
5/16Thu
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
27h 07mTPA-SJO
$1,388

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