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Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to Tampa (SNA-TPA)

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

Wed, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 25
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8:30 pm - 8:55 pmSNA-TPA
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5:34 pm - 9:21 pmTPA-SNA
6h 47m1 stop
$159Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Aug 14 - Mon, Aug 18
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6:45 am - 4:39 pmSNA-TPA
6h 54m1 stop
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5:34 pm - 9:21 pmTPA-SNA
6h 47m1 stop
$160Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Aug 14 - Mon, Aug 18
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6:45 am - 10:29 pmSNA-TPA
12h 44m2 stops
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5:34 pm - 9:21 pmTPA-SNA
6h 47m1 stop
$161Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Sep 10 - Sat, Sep 13
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6:45 am - 7:27 pmSNA-TPA
9h 42m2 stops
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5:44 pm - 10:05 pmTPA-SNA
7h 21m1 stop
$163Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Aug 21 - Mon, Aug 25
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6:45 am - 10:29 pmSNA-TPA
12h 44m2 stops
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5:34 pm - 9:21 pmTPA-SNA
6h 47m1 stop
$167Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 25
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8:30 pm - 8:55 pmSNA-TPA
21h 25m2 stops
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8:28 am - 9:21 pmTPA-SNA
15h 53m2 stops
$170Spirit Airlines
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Sat, Sep 13 - Sat, Sep 20
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6:45 am - 4:49 pmSNA-TPA
7h 04m1 stop
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5:44 pm - 10:05 pmTPA-SNA
7h 21m1 stop
$173Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Sep 10 - Sat, Sep 13
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6:45 am - 7:27 pmSNA-TPA
9h 42m2 stops
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8:14 am - 10:05 pmTPA-SNA
16h 51m2 stops
$175Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 25
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12:24 pm - 11:15 pmSNA-TPA
7h 51m1 stop
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5:34 pm - 9:21 pmTPA-SNA
6h 47m1 stop
$178Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Sep 11 - Sun, Sep 14
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6:45 am - 6:35 pmSNA-TPA
8h 50m1 stop
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6:37 am - 11:07 amTPA-SNA
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SNA offers short security lines, rarely exceeding 10 minutes. If one line is slow, it's easy to check others due to the airport's small size.

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TPA

For quick access to Downtown Tampa, consider a taxi or rideshare. It's a 15-minute drive, but rideshares may be cheaper unless surge pricing applies.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Ana to Tampa flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to Tampa?

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Santa Ana 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 Wednesday, 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Monday and avoiding Fridays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Santa Ana to Tampa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to Tampa is September, where tickets cost $272 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $616 and $516 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Santa Ana 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.

No, with an average price for the route of $290, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to Tampa, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 46% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 10 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonMay
Cheapest flight$71
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 8% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 47% increase in price.
Flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa

When to book flights from Santa Ana to Tampa

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Santa Ana 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 flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa

  • What is the cheapest flight from Santa Ana to Tampa?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Santa Ana to Tampa was $71 for a one-way ticket and $159 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between John Wayne (Santa Ana) and Tampa?

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa?

    On your way to Tampa, you’ll fly out from Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty. You’ll be landing at Tampa.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa?

    American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and JetBlue offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa?

    The Airbus A220-300 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa flight route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Tampa from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) with another airline. Booking your flights between John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 Santa Ana to Tampa

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $119 or less one-way and $218 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Tampa?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty to Tampa.
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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Santa Ana to Tampa

 
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4241 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
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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.

6.0 GoodDavid, Jul 2025BWI - RSW
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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.

Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

Flight wasn’t even full, but too many carry-ons caused us to run out of bin space. New bag fee has folks who would usually check their bags carrying on. Watching Southwest morph into Spirit/Frontier is so sad to watch

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'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

Plz don't take away free bags and free seating

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Head rest did not move, very uncomfortable. Staff was great. There was no entertainment, would be nice not to have to pay for snack.

Worst airline - on our flight down from MCO to EYW, there was a huuuuuge delay. We were supposed to take off 12p and it was pushed back to almost 2:30p. We boarded the plane and then sat on the tarmac forever because we were "over" weight and had to burn fuel. Rather than ask guests to volunteer and leave, they kept us on the plane. Finally a family decided to off board and take their luggage with them. Shortly after, we left the terminal but then the pilot told us we may have to sit at the end of the runway for 15-20mins to burn more fuel. Which we ended up doing and of course it started to rain. We finally took off 2:50p. We were supposed to land 1p and didn't land until 3:45p. Basically had time to scramble off the plane, grab our luggage, request transportation to our hotel, unpack, rinse off and hustle over to our 6:30p dinner ressy. It's a shame Breeze is the only non-stop airline from MCO to EYW. For this, not sure I'd ever go back to EYW - most def will not take Breeze again.

Flight was rescheduled from (originally) early Saturday departure to a late Sunday departure. Then the late Sunday departure was delayed again (weather) and got in very late. We’ve enjoyed Breeze a lot, but this particular experience was a little disappointing.

Breeze was good but the sandiego airport had traffic and waiting 1 hour in the plane till take off

The return flight was soooooo much colder than the departure flight to Connecticut! I appreciated the layover because I didn't have to change planes. The staff and the service were the best! Everyone was so professional and accommodating. Having internet was great, but for the movies the flight offers through the app could be updated. THANKS EVERYONE! I fly BREEZE every opportunity I can get.

The flight was comfortable with the usual slight turbulence. Macadamia Nuts would be great snacks to purchase in flight.

This is one of the worst trips that I have ever had. Ending up with an overnight delay. I’m not happy with the fact that they did not provide and set up the arrangement needed for lodging that we had to do it on our own. I also feel there should’ve been Compensation for food.

Had to approach landing twice which caused concern but probably due to weather

This was my first time flying your airline and it was okay. The people were nice but I am not used to all the add ons and no movies or even water. But I knew it was going to be that way. I think I prefer paying for the extras to be more comfortable.

Plane did no snacks and had no wifi or entertainment although the flight was 4 hours long.

I learned that seating towards the end of plane that a line forms for the restroom and people use your chair as a hand railing, bumping your seat consistently. I was seated in the aisle. I think that next time if I am towards the back row I would want to sit in the middle or window seat.

United sent me a mileage plus number last year but that number is invalid so I can’t use it to check into flights or collect mileage. There is human to speak about the problem, only computers who keep asking me if I am using the correct email. It’s so frustrating and I cannot resolve it.

Not a great experience. We paid for the upgrade for premium economy seats and seated ourselves in very comfortable seats. Someone came along with the same seat on their boarding pass. The aircraft had been changed and as a result we were booted out and sent further back to small uncomfortable seats. After complaining we were moved to emergency row seats, which gave us more leg room but the seats don’t recline. For people in our 70’s we found having to sit upright from California to NJ very uncomfortable. Not sure why they chose to move senior citizens instead of the two people that were allowed to take the more comfortable seats. Not happy.

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

Everything was great. Only thing that could’ve made it better was buy on board options for hot food, but the snacks were decent. The flight attendants were great. I had no complaints. I was able to make it to my destination safely

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

I love flying with United. Unfortunately, I flew on an older plane with minimal upgraded technology (no Bluetooth functionality or handy charging ports). Otherwise, the flight was great and even arrived early.

They changed my seats after I checked in and I was stressed from the time I saw that information until just before boarding, when the gate attendant fixed it, but it shouldn't have happened. And if it couldn't be prevented, then the people on the phone I spoke with should have done something to help, which they did not, nor did they offer me compensation, just meaningless apologies.

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

Our flight was 1.5 hours delayed. There was no weather for the inbound flight, so I don't understand why. This meant a VERY late arrival and only a quick nap before my morning flight.

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

This flight never occurred because AA couldn’t get their act together.

During service there was a garbage/beverage spill near our seats that never was cleaned up. On a relatively short flight when we’re fortunate enough to actually have in flight movies available, the flight attendants pitching the AADVANTAGE credit card shouldn’t talk for the last 10 minutes of the flight so that we miss the end of the movie.

Waited on the runway for takeoff for 2.5 hours. Air traffic rerouted us. The plane didn't have enough fuel, so had to go back to the gate. Had to wait for a new pilot. Should have landed at 5:22. Didn't land until 9:10. Trash flight.

The boarding was pretty easy. However, the first class seats are not lay flat as other airlines (like JetBlue) has and therefore sleeping was a challenge.

Everything about the flight was lovely…We left early, arrived early, cabin crew were efficient and helpful. Flight was easy and most pleasant.

Would have thought that they would gas up plane before everyone got on board

Fine. On time, cabin service was fine, bag arrived. All good. Flying into DCA so did not collide with any helicopters, which is also good. Horrid incident that could have and should have been prevented.

Standard. No different than a discount carrier on a short trip.

The staff was very sarcastic, the flight was delayed. There was no wi-fi o any type of entertainment. The plane was dirty and we have to wait a long time for the luggage to come out.

Booked through kayak, everything seemed normal but when it came time to go, my flight ticket didn’t exist, so I had to purchase another set of tickets at the airport the day of the flight, for about double. When I reached kayaks customer service, they claimed no responsibility, and pushed me onto another 3rd party booking service, airfare assist, where I have had no luck getting any kind of help or refund. I’ve used kayak many times, but I’ll never again after I’ve been burned by this.

The air fares are good, Charging me for every single thing 😩

Good on that leg. When I arrived in Detroit I had to wait over an hour for luggage.

I am very happy with my experience with Spirit Airlines. Both flights were on time. Boarding was very pleasant. Crew was very nice. Flights were amazing and we even arrived earlier than the schedule time. I am hoping Spirits keeps on having non stop flight from Ft Lauderdale to Hartford for many years to come.

you guys canceled my flight last minute and lost my luggage.

Didn't like size of seats. Found charges for checked luggage and carry on too high

Great! We boarded on time! Everything went so smoothly! The flight was so smooth

Prepaid for 1 bag but my prior airline did not provide it to me in time to check it with Spirit and I could not get my $75 refunded.

Plane delayed which seems to be the norm with spirt. Everything is an up charge. I had to pay an additional fee because I was late getting back to my car. Will never fly spirit again

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