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Cheapest round-trip
$278
Typical prices: $381-$712
Frontier
Sat 9/12Sat 9/19
SMF - TPA • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$148
Typical prices: $214-$389
Frontier
Wed 8/26
SMF - TPA • 1 stop
Nonstop flights
Not available
There are currently no direct flights between Sacramento and Tampa. You'll need at least 1 connection.
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Cheapest • Avg $367 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 6h 20m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Sacramento to Tampa (SMF-TPA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Tampa

Sat, Sep 12 - Sat, Sep 19
Frontier Logo
11:53 am - 12:26 am
SMF
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TPA
9h 33m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:15 am - 10:58 am
TPA
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SMF
7h 43m
1 stop
$278Frontier
Thu, Sep 10 - Mon, Sep 14
Frontier Logo
11:35 am - 4:53 pm
SMF
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TPA
26h 18m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:15 am - 10:40 am
TPA
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SMF
7h 25m
1 stop
$278Frontier
Tue, Sep 1 - Tue, Sep 15
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 5:52 pm
SMF
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TPA
8h 52m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 10:58 am
TPA
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SMF
7h 43m
1 stop
$357Multiple Airlines
Thu, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 24
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:42 am - 5:32 am
SMF
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TPA
14h 50m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:11 pm - 11:40 pm
TPA
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SMF
9h 29m
1 stop
$363Multiple Airlines
Mon, Oct 19 - Mon, Oct 26
Southwest Logo
11:55 pm - 11:25 am
SMF
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TPA
8h 30m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
7:00 pm - 11:10 pm
TPA
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SMF
7h 10m
1 stop
$430Southwest
Tue, Sep 1 - Sun, Sep 6
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12:55 pm - 12:30 am
SMF
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TPA
8h 35m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
6:15 am - 10:10 am
TPA
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SMF
6h 55m
1 stop
$435Southwest
Mon, Oct 19 - Mon, Oct 26
American Airlines Logo
10:41 pm - 10:26 am
SMF
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TPA
8h 45m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 12:15 pm
TPA
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SMF
9h 00m
1 stop
$435American Airlines
Wed, Sep 30 - Mon, Oct 5
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 4:03 pm
SMF
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TPA
7h 03m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:04 pm - 11:09 pm
TPA
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SMF
8h 05m
1 stop
$435American Airlines
Tue, Sep 1 - Thu, Sep 3
United Airlines Logo
8:55 am - 7:34 pm
SMF
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TPA
7h 39m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
4:16 pm - 9:00 pm
TPA
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SMF
7h 44m
1 stop
$435United Airlines
Wed, Sep 30 - Mon, Oct 5
United Airlines Logo
1:12 pm - 11:30 pm
SMF
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TPA
7h 18m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
12:44 pm - 5:46 pm
TPA
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SMF
8h 02m
1 stop
$540United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Sacramento to Tampa flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Sacramento to Tampa?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Sacramento to Tampa departing in August.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Tampa from Sacramento usually cost between $317 and $538 in August.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $278 on Frontier (Aug 20-Aug 26).

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sacramento to Tampa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Tampa is January, where tickets cost $300 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $551 and $507 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Tampa, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 37% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

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Low season

August

Cheapest flight

$148
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Sacramento to Tampa

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FAQs for booking flights from Sacramento to Tampa

  • How long can I park my cat at SMF?

    SMF boasts a large parking garage having hourly, daily, and economy parking. If you are dropping off someone, you can park at the hourly parking close to Terminal B otherwise, if you want to stay longer than an hour and spend less, economy parking is a great choice. Passengers with extended trips can park at the daily or economy lot for less than three weeks.

  • Where in TPA can I rent a car?

    You can easily rent a car at TPA as the airport has a car rental center. The center includes car rental companies like Budget, Hertz, Avis, SIXT, Dollar, and Alamo. To get to the center, you shall board the airport SkyConnect Train, and once you arrive at your preferred companies, you present the necessary driving licenses.

  • Are there pet relief areas in SMF?

    If you have a pet at SMF, there are both indoor and outdoor pet relief areas where you can take your pet for a toilet break before boarding your plane. The outdoor relief areas are at the curbside of passengers' pick up and drop off of both Terminals A and B, while the indoor spaces in Terminal A are on the east wing before gate A1 and Terminal B is before gate B11 next to the restroom.

  • How early should I get to SMF for my flight to TPA?

    It is recommended to arrive at SMF at least 2h before your flight as this allows you time through the extensive checkpoints and long queues while entering the airport. Arriving early will also give you the advantage of touring SMF and resting before boarding the plane. .

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to Tampa?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to Tampa was $148 for a one-way ticket and $278 for a round-trip.

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

    A passport is not required to fly from Sacramento to Tampa.

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

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

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sacramento to Tampa?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to Tampa?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Sacramento to Tampa, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sacramento to Tampa are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $452 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $372 and an overall rating of 7.8.

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Tampa from Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento with another airline. Booking your flights between Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Tampa

  • Suppose you are traveling with a baby to Tampa International Airport (TPA) from Sacramento International Airport (SMF); there are two relaxing and quiet baby care rooms at SMF where you can privately breastfeed and change your baby's diaper. One is located at Terminal A close to Gate A10 and the other at Terminal B close to Gate B15.
  • Before leaving TPA, you should consider walking around the airport’s terminals, as there are plenty of art installations throughout the airport. It’s worth noting that the artworks displayed throughout the airport are all made by local artists.
  • If you have limited mobility or are disabled, don’t worry about having a difficult time at SMF, as this remarkable airport boasts numerous accessibility features braille signs throughout the terminals, visual paging, TDD telephones, wheelchairs, elevators, ramps, and escalators. SMF has representatives called Skycaps that provide wheelchair assistance at the curbside and assist with luggage at no charge.
  • Suppose you arrive at TPA later than expected, you can stay at the on-site hotel, Tampa Airport Marriott found at the main Terminal. The affordable hotel features comfortable suites and rooms with an airfield view, hospitable staff, and complimentary breakfast.
  • In case you need help in housing or getting transport at TPA, visit Travelers Aid, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting stranded passengers at the airport. You will find the office on Level 3 of the Main Terminal, a short distance from the F monorail. The assistants will take you through everything you need and ensure you are satisfied.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Sacramento to Tampa

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Sacramento 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4227 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
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Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Jun 2026
SMF - LAS
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Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

They sent a notice that they were boarding an hour early. We had to leave the club and run to the gate. They said sorry, that came from corporate and was a mistake. They did not have enough seating because the flight before it had not taken off on time. They moved our gate and delayed it for an hour.

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Flight was ok. Boarding wasn’t fun. Flights were delayed by 12 minutes on each leg.

Southwest is going downhill. I'm more apt to fly other airlines now. And I'd appreciate it if your gate agents didn't invent non-existent laws. If Southwest is having issues getting flight crews, you need to go out of your way to accommodate passengers instead of saying it's weather related and not in your hands. We can all see the other carriers are getting their planes off the ground and to/from the cities/regions you claim are weather-impacted.

Would have liked screens on the back of each seat.

Wish Southwest had a power source to plug iPhone's into; wish Southwest also served up better snacks. Otherwise, the service & seat choices, if you check in on time for your flight, are excellent. I'm also happy to say that this particular flight had no delays.

Flight was delayed and then "they did not have time to load food". No snack or drink at all for 1.5 how flight. Somebody wasn't prepared.

N Everything was perfect from boarding to assistance to baggage in Tampa

Sorry I didn't realize I was writing a review for each leg. Please see my previous review - it applies to the entire flight, not just a single leg.

Delta is a good airline. I've never had an issue with Delta. I'll continue to fly with them until they show me that I shouldn't.

First, Delta needs more flights to/from Miami. Second, a 1000pm leaving at 1230pm is unacceptable from their biggest airport world hub. Another aircraft could have been used such as the aircraft scheduled to be used in the morning for that exact same route. Yes, I did get me there but the lack of sleep the next day didn't help me enjoy my entire trip since I was busy with activities during the weekend. This can be and is expected from Spirit (going bankrupt) and Frontier (despite they're nickel and dimers). But from Delta's World Hub? That's totally unacceptable!

Other then mechanical/ computer problem and 3.5 hours flight delay the flight was great. I guess that what happened when you fly an old airplane now a day.

Don't waste your money or points on first class. Delta first class is a joke. The seats were rickety, the food was awful, and nothing worked, wifi, my light, the power plug - and it was dirty - the fold out table was gross. For 2-3 hours, tough it out in Economy.

5-hour delay due to storms in Tanoa and airspace restricted by Miami traffic controllers.

Everything was smooth and easy to fly. No complains and a lot of thanks!

More space in the cabin. The guy in front of me leaned his seat back and I felt he was sitting in my lap.

The flight was delayed because they closed several flight ways because of air shows, fire works, etc.

Horrifying Almost 2 million miles. Bring your own food and drink. One coffee or drink every three hours. Have to order meals on app more than 24 hours ahead Tiny and dirty bathrooms

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

Much better than Spirit. I was please by the easy fast check in and boarding

In overall it was a good experience, the only down point was that the entertainment screen was working properly.

I liked the choice of lemon ginger tea. I think stewardesses can be more considerate of older people needs.

The plane was delayed ~ 40 minutes. Communication could have been better. The entertainment was poor. We were not offered headsets by the flight attendants. The arm rest pad did not work properly, thus, I could not select what I wanted to watch.

The crew were really great, but the 4 hour delay in small chunks was the worst.

Seats are way too snug for my hip to knee ratio and the recline on the seat in front of me made my experience worst. My legs had no room at all. Not a plane for people 6 ft or over unless you fly first class.

Staff were engaging but more concerned about their interaction with each other than with the passengers. Aircraft was very old and this was highly evident in the disrepair of the seats (pictures were taken). Video screens were small and difficult to use.

Bad experience going to DFW with an IT outage then bad on the way back with a nearly 5 hour delay that’s started as maintenance then caused us to wait further due to weather - which would not have happened if we had left on time.

It was awful. The communication between corporate and the crew on the ground left more to be desired. The crew even said that Corporate was waiting on answers because they themselves didn't know. Every hour, there was a new excuse. I also understood that passengers were angry, but the crew should have done a better job at crowd control. There was a racial exchange between passengers that could've been avoided has the crew acted sooner.

We sat on plane at gate delayed without communication as to why we were just sitting there

Cancelled BOYH legs of our flight home 30 min before initial boarding

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

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.

Mechanical issue delayed us 2hrs and then once we landed sat on tarmac for 30mins because someone left a vehicle in front of the gaye

Flight to Tampa was delayed taking off due to plane arriving late but no other issues

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

Everything was very good EXCEPT the food, on a five and a half hour trip. They only gave to us was snacks in first class. They didn't give us pillows or blankets.

The flight was great . But you only had one vegan item on the whole flight and someone prior to me took it . I was so disappointed cause I came in from the flooded area and couldn’t pick up anything prior to my flight .

I am writing to express my disappointment with my recent Frontier Airlines flight. I was charged $99 at the gate because my bag was said to be too large, yet once onboard there was no available overhead bin space, and I was required to place the bag under the seat in front of me anyway. This made the charge feel unnecessary and unfair. Additionally, before the flight even took off, I was asked to move from the seat I paid for into a middle seat so another passenger and her cat could have my seat to themselves. I was not offered compensation or an explanation for being moved from a paid seat. Between the unexpected bag fee and being forced to give up my seat, this experience fell well below acceptable customer service standards. I would appreciate a review of this situation and appropriate compensation.

Book with frontier airlines with the mentality that they'll cancel your flight, kick you off and lose your luggage. Anything besides that is a win. Compare prices with other airlines (to include luggage) and if frontier is still worth it, book it but know all of their policies.

You get what you pay for nothing essentially but a hard uncomfortable seat that doesn’t recline and kids screaming all around you and chaotic boarding and limited check bag weight allowance when compared to other airlines

I am very disappointed with Frontier Airlines. They cancelled our flight because they couldn't find a crew member, and then didn't get us to our connecting flight. We had to cancel our whole vacation. We were promised flight and hotel vouchers, but they never sent them.

I fly Frontier because it’s affordable. I understand that the seats are tight and not the most comfortable…but that’s part of it. The problem with this flight was that there was a group of travelers directly behind me at the back of the plane who were ridiculously loud and obnoxious the entire flight. I’m pretty sure they were drunk and I could periodically smell an odd odor that I believe was one of them using a smokeless vape pen. The stewards had to remind them to keep quiet during the pre-flight instruction, but that was it. They never said another thing to them for the rest of the flight. It was a miserable.

First time flying Frontier, I am not sure the Ala Carte menu of options is for me.

I liked getting off the plane. Everything else was well below standards. Not even offering a bag of peanuts for free for a 4 hours flight is ridiculous.

Bought seats on the flight and they were supposed to be 2 and a jumpseat. Plane clearly changed and it was a regular 3 seat row. Asked for a refund and was denied. If I wanted to sit next to someone else I wouldn't have bought the seats..

Boarded late, no communication as to why, a lot of turbulence

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