$143 Find Cheap Flights from Costa Rica to Tampa

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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, May 7 - Thu, May 14
United Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 3:56 pm
LIR
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TPA
24h 36m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
9:05 am - 12:10 pm
TPA
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LIR
29h 05m
1 stop
$276United Airlines
Sun, May 10 - Sat, May 16
Copa Airlines Logo
5:50 am - 11:05 pm
SJO
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TPA
15h 15m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
5:23 am - 10:00 am
TPA
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SJO
6h 37m
1 stop
$283Copa Airlines
Mon, May 4 - Thu, May 7
United Airlines Logo
3:27 pm - 10:41 am
LIR
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TPA
17h 14m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
9:05 am - 2:25 pm
TPA
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LIR
7h 20m
1 stop
$285United Airlines
Sat, Apr 25 - Mon, Apr 27
United Airlines Logo
1:25 pm - 10:35 am
SJO
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TPA
19h 10m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:07 pm - 10:11 am
TPA
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SJO
19h 04m
1 stop
$286United Airlines
Mon, May 4 - Thu, May 7
American Airlines Logo
2:40 pm - 12:15 pm
LIR
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TPA
19h 35m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:28 am
TPA
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LIR
7h 28m
1 stop
$290American Airlines
Thu, May 7 - Thu, May 14
GOL Logo
12:28 pm - 12:11 am
LIR
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TPA
9h 43m
1 stop
GOL Logo
6:58 pm - 11:24 am
TPA
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LIR
18h 26m
2 stops
$292GOL
Mon, May 4 - Wed, May 6
American Airlines Logo
2:40 pm - 10:09 am
LIR
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TPA
17h 29m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
6:58 pm - 11:24 am
TPA
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LIR
18h 26m
2 stops
$295American Airlines
Tue, Jul 21 - Tue, Jul 28
American Airlines Logo
3:19 pm - 9:19 am
SJO
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TPA
16h 00m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:45 am - 2:17 pm
TPA
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SJO
10h 32m
1 stop
$295American Airlines
Wed, May 27 - Wed, Jun 3
Copa Airlines Logo
4:10 am - 11:05 pm
SJO
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TPA
16h 55m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
3:29 pm - 6:59 pm
TPA
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SJO
5h 30m
1 stop
$297Copa Airlines
Tue, Jun 2 - Tue, Jun 9
JetBlue Logo
2:00 pm - 9:32 am
LIR
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TPA
17h 32m
1 stop
JetBlue Logo
7:14 pm - 12:40 pm
TPA
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LIR
19h 26m
1 stop
$555JetBlue
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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 flight to Tampa?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Tampa was found on the route from San José, at $276 return. The most popular connection is from Philadelphia to Tampa and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $132 in the last 3 days.

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 $265 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of tickets from Costa Rica is $408 and $370 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is February with an average price of $265.

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 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 9% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$143
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 8% increase in price.
Flight from San José to Tampa

FAQs - booking Tampa flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to Tampa?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Tampa was found on the route from San José, at $276 return. The most popular connection is from Philadelphia to Tampa and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $132 in the last 3 days.

  • 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?

    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.

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

    Each week there are around 2,078 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

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Tampa flight deals.

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.
7.5
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1580 reviews
7.8Boarding
6.8Food
6.8Entertainment
8.1Crew
7.4Comfort
Airline reviews

Avoid at all costs. My wife had to stay back on a connecting flight as her parents flight was delayed. 10 days later on the way back they cancelled all our flights. We had to rebook all four of us on the next days flight.

2.0 MediocreDaniel, Mar 2026
DAV - PTY
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Avoid at all costs. My wife had to stay back on a connecting flight as her parents flight was delayed. 10 days later on the way back they cancelled all our flights. We had to rebook all four of us on the next days flight.

Friendly crew, good food options, food not the best and seats not as comfy but that’s typical.

Do not book it’s a scam! They stole $1200 from me

Flight got delayed; had to go through security three times.

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.

It was a really seamless flight and the entertainment selection was excellent.

boarded early to only find out that flight would sit at gate for 45 min to an hour. Landed in chicago and sat on runway for over an hour before got to gate. Total delay was extensive for a 45 min flight door to door.

It was terrible. sat on airplane 2 hours then flight was canceled. made to pick up bags and go through Panama immagration to rebook another flight. worst experice ever at a airport.

The flight was delayed from take off because only one runway was operational in San Francisco.

Several missed and almost missed connections. It felt like everything was being patched together last minute without enough resources and it ended up being an extremely stressful experience that basically ruined our weekend on the west coast. What a waste.

Really hard landing... as in slammed into the runway then hit the brakes really hard ...

Good but airlines getting smaller. I didn't like the meal but the service was fine. Flight was fine and luggage arrived. So good.

The flight was significantly delayed. The inbound flight from EWR was delayed departing because of mechanical problems. My original departure from CLT was 5:28 pm but due to the delay of the inbound flight, after arrival, deplaning, cleaning, boarding, we did not push back from the gate until 9:00 pm. Once in the air, the flight was smooth and what was originally supposed to be an arrival in ORD at 7:30 pm local time turned out to be 9:35 pm.

I've been flying American mostly, and it's been very frustrating. This united flight makes me realize maybe the issue isn't flying, but the airline. United was a significantly better experience. The plane was more comfortable, with a normal amount of leg room (vs the ridiculous reductions AA has made), more comfortable seats, screens to watch movies. It was a much better experience!

They delayed the flight from 9:00 to 11:55 At 11:45 they canceled the flight. I paid a premium price for the tickets with poor service

Flight left early and arrived 30 MINUTES early at the destination. Smooth trip.

Departed late but made up the time en route. Uncrowded and clean aircraft.

I was able to get the AA customer Service desk to put me on an earlier flight without any issues.

Incredibly delayed. First delay was due to plane coming in being late. Resulted in 30 minute delay. Boarded and then had multiple mechanical issues. Was on plane for an hour until they told people they could get off if they wanted but couldn't come back. Then gate agent rushed in and said they had lost control of who went off and we would all have to deplane and then get back on. They said flight had not been cancelled. Then while sitting waiting to board again they announced it would take two hours to get new plane and to wait at new gate. New plane arrived, reboarded only to find out that pilots had timed out. Waited for new pilots. In that time one of the flight attendants timed out. Never received food or water while waiting. Was confusing mess as to what was happening. Even flight attendants and gate agents were getting frustrated. Almost 6 hours delayed. Called American to received flight credit but can't get anywhere as Kayak reservation and don't have a ticket number. Reached out to Kayak but never heard back.

Very disappointing. Flight was delayed by 1.5 hours and food options are very underwhelming even for first class seats (same food given to economy seats)

Was not able to do a online check-in because the American Airlines system doesn't store our visa or other passport information, allowing us to have a trouble-free check-in. We were forced to have to check-in at the counter which Changes are upgrade status given that we were not able to check in much earlier.

I have been flying American Airlines—almost exclusively—for years. The airline is consistent with fares, timely departures/arrivals, and customer service, whether on the phone or in the air.

Incoming flight was delayed, delaying boarding. It then took 30 mins to take off. Took 20 mins to get to a gate because they changed the gate last minute, crew weren’t ready so there was no one staffed to work the jet bridge. Boarding was so disorganized as is usual with American because everyone just stands around the gate regardless of boarding group.

I would have liked vegetarian and gluten free options for evening dinner time flight. I would have like a pillow on the international overnight flight . The veg wrap and oaten desert on the international flight was good

We hoarded. Then we deplaned. Then we waited for 10 hours in the MSP airport due to a wheel misfunction. We understand safety but communication between crew and airport staff was horrible. When we did finally board, we were rushed on and because we were waiting for a “fresh” pilot and crew, we sat in a roasting plane with no A/C for an hour. My question is why was this flight not cancelled right away when they knew this would be a huge issue OR, why did AA not get a substitute plane, considering this was already a full flight? To me, this appears to be a complete breakdown in leadership and utter systems failure. The compensation for completely disrupting travel plans for hundreds, which we paid dearly for, was measly. While we appreciated the lodging for the night, $12 in meal vouchers isn’t going to sustain anyone for over 12 hours. “We apologize; our hands are tied” is no longer an acceptable explanation. We are so completely turned off by this experience and will definitely seek alternative avenues when we need to fly.

Flight was delayed 6plus hours Did not take flight Customer service was terrible Will never fly again and will spread how terrible you are You stink

I didnt have a flight. Kayak must be on drugs because I confirmed with spirit that I had no booked flight.

We were surprised to be charged $99 for a personal item. And of course everything offered on the flight was an additional charge. Other than that the pilot flew and landed the plane well and the attendants and fellow passengers were nice enough.

baggage drop off was a bit much. I felt like I worked for spirit airlines since I did all the work.

The repeated flight delays—this time nearly three hours without any weather-related cause—are unacceptable. Yet, passengers are penalized heavily even for being a minute late. It is unreasonable that there is no compensation for such significant delays, nor even basic provisions like water during the wait or in flight. This imbalance in accountability is deeply frustrating and needs to be addressed.

Always Good ,… Spirit customers are high class Delta customers are self proclaimed elites and American crews you can hear them complain about everything (they’re loud)

The plane home was a lot nicer than the one i arrived on. Seating was more spacious and comfortable

They cancelled my flight with no reason affecting my travel plans and delaying it 24 hours.

Everything was horrible. They delayed my flight so I missed my connection flight and I lost my bags. I had to go to the same workers multiple times asking the same questions because everyone kept giving me different answers. One person closed down customer service because he wanted to go on lunch so there was like 30 people just waiting for hours because no one would relieve him.

Landing was technically perfect. What I didn't like is the pricey internet. Both flights with excellent crews. I'm 6 feet 210 pounds and could easily fit in the chair.

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