$123 Find Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to Tampa

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Cheapest round-trip
$233
Overall average: $279
Spirit Airlines
Thu 2/12Sun 2/15
SJO - TPA • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$123
Typical prices: $148-$215
Spirit Airlines
Mon 2/9
SJO - TPA • 1 stop
When to travel
February
Cheapest • 12% price drop
December
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Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to Tampa

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Costa Rica 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Costa Rica to Tampa

Thu, Feb 12 - Sun, Feb 15
Spirit Airlines Logo
1:31 pm - 9:00 pm
SJO
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TPA
6h 29m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:55 pm - 12:22 pm
TPA
-
SJO
15h 27m
1 stop
$233Spirit Airlines
Fri, Feb 6 - Tue, Feb 17
United Airlines Logo
2:20 pm - 10:35 am
SJO
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TPA
19h 15m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
9:00 am - 8:39 pm
TPA
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SJO
12h 39m
1 stop
$235United Airlines
Fri, Feb 6 - Mon, Feb 16
Spirit Airlines Logo
1:30 pm - 7:40 am
SJO
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TPA
17h 10m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:55 pm - 12:22 pm
TPA
-
SJO
15h 27m
1 stop
$237Spirit Airlines
Thu, Feb 5 - Mon, Feb 16
Spirit Airlines Logo
1:30 pm - 8:49 pm
SJO
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TPA
6h 19m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:55 pm - 12:22 pm
TPA
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SJO
15h 27m
1 stop
$243Spirit Airlines
Fri, Feb 6 - Sun, Feb 8
Spirit Airlines Logo
1:30 pm - 8:49 pm
SJO
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TPA
6h 19m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
8:38 am - 12:22 pm
TPA
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SJO
4h 44m
1 stop
$244Spirit Airlines
Fri, Feb 20 - Tue, Feb 24
Copa Airlines Logo
8:11 am - 9:41 pm
SJO
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TPA
12h 30m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
4:51 am - 10:00 am
TPA
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SJO
6h 09m
1 stop
$253Copa Airlines
Sat, Feb 14 - Sat, Feb 21
American Airlines Logo
3:29 pm - 10:56 am
LIR
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TPA
18h 27m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 12:10 pm
TPA
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LIR
5h 10m
1 stop
$290American Airlines
Fri, Feb 13 - Sun, Feb 22
JetBlue Logo
2:00 pm - 9:06 pm
LIR
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TPA
6h 06m
1 stop
JetBlue Logo
8:00 am - 12:55 pm
TPA
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LIR
5h 55m
1 stop
$318JetBlue
Mon, Feb 16 - Tue, Feb 24
American Airlines Logo
3:29 pm - 2:44 pm
LIR
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TPA
22h 15m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 2:13 pm
TPA
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LIR
8h 13m
1 stop
$366American Airlines
Wed, Feb 18 - Sun, Feb 22
JetBlue Logo
1:40 pm - 9:06 pm
LIR
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TPA
6h 26m
1 stop
JetBlue Logo
8:00 am - 12:55 pm
TPA
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LIR
5h 55m
1 stop
$371JetBlue
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Tampa

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 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 February, where tickets cost $279 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets from Costa Rica is $373 and $340 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of $279.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights 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, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 51 days before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$123
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 5% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 18% increase in price.
Flight from San José to Tampa

FAQs - booking Tampa flights

  • How far is Tampa Airport from central Tampa?

    Central Tampa is 5 miles away from Tampa Airport.

  • What is the name of Tampa’s airport?

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

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

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  • 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.

  • How many direct flights to Tampa are there each week?

    Each week there are around 2,215 direct flights from within Costa Rica to Tampa. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Tampa

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Reviews of the top 4 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.
7.6
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1557 reviews
7.8Boarding
6.8Entertainment
8.1Crew
7.4Comfort
6.8Food
Airline reviews

A lot things happened in this trip.The fly should be less stress.

6.0 GoodIrma, Jan 2026
PTY - MIA
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A lot things happened in this trip.The fly should be less stress.

Horrible. No TV or any type of entertainment on board. Passwnger listening to/watching stuff on their own phone with no headphones making it noise and uncomfortable for everyone else, little/tiny food portions, old seats, useless wifi (cant access anything). Horrible exlerience especially it was a lomg distance flight with kids.

The flight was good overall. Everything went smoothly, although the landing was a bit rough. Still, it was a pleasant experience

Very strict carry on rules meant most of the plane had to gate check their luggage. As is often the case had things that were broken because of this, but I appreciated not being charged to gate check. Otherwise good flight and great crew once on the plane

Some of the Air hostesses are not that friendly. Need improvement

Simply as follows:- First, there was no vegetarian option for the meal Second, only 2 washrooms for the entire economy class.

I liked the meatloaf the chicken was awful but the plane was on time and got there and the staff was nice.

We had a great flight just wished they had a tv so we can see a movie that would of made my trip excellent.

horrible service, food was an embarrassment, no charging for cellphones, stay away

Great experience with a crew always thinking in the passenger

Mean flight attendant. I wanted to reuse my plastic cup, but he (Matthew) said he can't for safety. I then said "I don't want water then" and he poured me a glass. I hope Matthew gets herpes and spends the rest of his life poor, lonely, and homeless.

Very good. Because of the delays with my previous flight, I missed my connection, but I was able to book another flight through the United app easily.

It was great. There were some issues prior to takeoff. The weather was poor so we had to go through deicing, and we were delayed a bit by the pilots' concern about one of the engines, but that's aviation. The pilots handled everything with aplomb, and kept us apprised

Reliable, nice crew, I fly often on that flight and I like it all.

I wish there were outlets to charge my iPhone. The crew was great; we had a female pilot who was great with explaining what was happening and delays,

The seats were comfortable and we had leg room. Great entertainment.

The flight crew where really good. Better then the crew from BNE to SFO

Delayed, toilets did not flush, pilot parked to far away from Gate

Was happy we finally got upgraded in 1st class. The seat getting old. The cushiness need some improvement.

Safe made to destination. Late to start at GVA for icy reasons but we fought our next fly.

On the plus side, crew was attentive, drinks were cold, and in-flight entertainment selection was better than some other airlines. On the negative aide, Plane was delayed almost an hour, either no announcements from the gate crew. Biscoff cookies are gross, appreciate airlines that give a choice. Also, crew had no personality or enthusiasm at all.

I was originally scheduled on AA 1763. When I landed in Miami, I went to the counter for flight AA 2115 to try to move my flight to this one. I was in a first class seat on AA 1763. While they moved to me this flight, I was told that there were no other 1st class seats available and they assigned me into coach. However, when I was getting off the plane I noticed that one of the pilots who was also in line to go jump seat - somehow miraculously got a 1st class seat on this flight. It is actually infuriating that I had a paid 1st class seat yet somehow they would move an AA employee ahead of that. At a bare minimum, they should have compensated me for the fare difference and I really think paying customers should ALWAYs get the premiere seats.

UGH I HAD TO MISS MY FIRST FLIGHT TO TAMPA CAUSE OF THE 10 MINUTE DELAY OF THE ORLANDO TO MIAMI ONE SO THEY HAD ME GET ANOTHER TICKET. I AM NOT HAPPY AT ALL BECAUSE IT MADE ME MISS MY CONNECTING FLIGHT FROM TAMPA TO LONDON AND FORCED ME TO MISS A DAY AT MY ROOM IN THE UK.

Wish they didnt delay off-boarding for 10 minutes so i could connect to my flight from miami to tampa

We experienced gate changes and a long delay. My seat was dirty when I boarded and I had to use wipes to clean it myself. There was an unpleasant and overpowering cleaning product scent on the plane as well that lingered through the flight.

Original flight was canceled and rescheduled for the next day. Cancelation notice was sent in the middle of the night (only saw it in the morning), leaving no room to find other options. No offers to reimburse for the extra expenses or compensations. My flight to Rio on 12/12 was also delayed for 16 hours. This seems to be the new normal for AA.

I got sick nothing contagious but distressing and the care I received by Kayla? Keighly the flight attendant will be memorable for ever. Thank You

Waaay too small plane. They also need to up the size of the overhead bins. I would love to keep me 3k with of camera equipment in my hard case baggahe instead of it being thrown into the belly of the plane

Attendants were pleasant and the flight was smooth and relaxed.

It was fine. No drinks nor snacks offered though. I thought that was unusual.

I didn't have a flight because of a ticking problem that was discovered at the airport at checkin for the initial flight of the round trip.

Flight was delayed would have liked it to have been on time. I didn't experience the food or entertainment but the boarding process was smooth and the flight crew worked well together and did a great job!

Even though there was a delay the crew was exeptional

Cheap, only one short delay. No issues despite bad weather. Able to take a big backpack for free.

I know Spirit gets a lot of criticism, but I've taken three flights recently and all were very good, and tremendous value. On my most recent one, they randomly assigned me to a very comfortable exit row seat! The flight was on time and the boarding process was smooth, and the crew was friendly. No complaints!

My experience with spirit was horrible I had to spend a extra $100 to check in my bag when I already purchased my ticket even when I got to my gate to get my seat the attendant didnt say anything until I was boarding the plane..also to make matters worst I been flying from Florida to New york and Florida to Atlanta often this was my 4th trip to Atlanta with the same bag and never had this problem till yesterday so im extremely upset and I wasnt even giving a reason for the change the attendant just gave a attitude and wouldn't answer me at all

Paid for wifi the day before but wifi was unavailable on flight.

Second time in 3 days I walked off the plane late. This time - almost an hour.

I've flown two Spirit flights recently - boarding for one was somewhat chaotic, with the board listing the wrong flight and causing much confusion; boarding for the other was very smooth and easy. My seat (for which I did not pay extra) was a bit narrow and without great legroom, but it was fine for a NY-Florida trip and was more than worth the low price I paid. The crew was friendly and one flight landed early and the other was only very slightly delayed. All in all a very good experience.

Spirit sucks. Horrible employees in Medellín. Never again. I hope this company goes out of business completely.

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