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Cheap Flights from Tampa to Central America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$204
San José
San José1 stop$238
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$233
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$410
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$243
Managua
Managua1 stop$253
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$230
Comayagua
Comayagua1 stop$352
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$346
David
David2 stops$925
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa2 stops$487
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$204
San José
San José1 stop$238
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$233
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$410
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$243
Managua
Managua1 stop$253
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$230
Comayagua
Comayagua1 stop$352
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$346
David
David2 stops$925
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa2 stops$487

Book Cheap Tampa to Central America Plane Tickets

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

Sun, Feb 8 - Tue, Feb 10
Spirit Airlines Logo
8:38 am - 2:52 pm
TPA
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SAL
7h 14m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
4:02 pm - 8:20 am
SAL
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TPA
15h 18m1 stop
$204Spirit Airlines
Sat, Jan 31 - Wed, Feb 4
Frontier Logo
6:05 am - 1:36 pm
TPA
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SAL
8h 31m1 stop
Frontier Logo
2:36 pm - 11:51 pm
SAL
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TPA
8h 15m1 stop
$206Frontier
Fri, Apr 3 - Mon, Apr 13
Copa Airlines Logo
5:24 am - 12:47 pm
TPA
-
SAP
9h 23m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
4:07 am - 1:42 pm
SAP
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TPA
7h 35m1 stop
$230Copa Airlines
Mon, Jan 26 - Sun, Feb 1
United Airlines Logo
11:41 am - 7:39 pm
TPA
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GUA
8h 58m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
2:10 am - 3:11 pm
GUA
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TPA
12h 01m1 stop
$234United Airlines
Fri, Feb 27 - Fri, Mar 27
JetBlue Logo
8:00 am - 12:40 pm
TPA
-
SAP
5h 40m1 stop
JetBlue Logo
1:40 pm - 9:16 pm
SAP
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TPA
5h 36m1 stop
$237JetBlue
Wed, Feb 4 - Wed, Feb 11
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 1:13 pm
TPA
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GUA
8h 13m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
2:13 pm - 9:51 am
GUA
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TPA
18h 38m2 stops
$238American Airlines
Mon, Feb 2 - Tue, Feb 10
Copa Airlines Logo
4:51 am - 10:00 am
TPA
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SJO
6h 09m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
4:09 am - 12:36 pm
SJO
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TPA
7h 27m1 stop
$238Copa Airlines
Thu, Apr 16 - Mon, Apr 20
American Airlines Logo
8:44 pm - 11:10 am
TPA
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GUA
16h 26m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
2:45 pm - 8:22 am
GUA
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TPA
15h 37m1 stop
$240American Airlines
Fri, Mar 6 - Mon, Mar 9
JetBlue Logo
8:00 am - 12:40 pm
TPA
-
SAP
5h 40m1 stop
JetBlue Logo
12:50 pm - 9:06 pm
SAP
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TPA
6h 16m1 stop
$240JetBlue
Thu, Jan 22 - Mon, Jan 26
United Airlines Logo
11:41 am - 8:39 pm
TPA
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SJO
9h 58m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 9:58 pm
SJO
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TPA
14h 28m1 stop
$250United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Tampa to Central America flights

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

What is the cheapest Tampa to Central America flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Central America from Tampa found in the last 72 hours was to Panama City, at $214 round-trip. The most popular route is from Tampa (TPA) to Panama City (PTY), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $214.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Tampa to Central America?

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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $493 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Tampa to Central America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Tampa to Central America, 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 Tampa to Central America is September, when tickets cost $294 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $747 and $408 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Tampa to Central America?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Tampa to Central America clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Tampa to Central America, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Central America, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Saturday is the most expensive.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Tampa to Central America, 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 Tampa to Central America, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$86
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 9% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 38% increase in price.
Flight from Tampa to San Salvador

FAQs - booking Central America flights

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

    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 Tampa to Central America.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Tampa to Central America 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 Tampa to Central America?

    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 from Tampa to Central America 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 from Tampa to Central America?

    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 from Tampa to Central America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Central America?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Central America is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $264 on average. Morning departures are around 21% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $484.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Tampa to Central America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Tampa to Central America? 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 1556 reviews
7.4Comfort
6.8Entertainment
6.8Food
8.1Crew
7.8Boarding
Airline reviews

I always enjoy flying Copa. There are very few airlines where I can enjoy a comfortable sleep in-flight. The snacks weren't the best, but they sufficed. The in-flight entertainment was fantastic, and I crossed another movie off my watch list.

8.0 ExcellentTisagh, Nov 2025
SDQ - PTY
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I always enjoy flying Copa. There are very few airlines where I can enjoy a comfortable sleep in-flight. The snacks weren't the best, but they sufficed. The in-flight entertainment was fantastic, and I crossed another movie off my watch list.

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

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

Boarding was quick & efficient; they gave boarding groups due priority; staff & air crew were very cordial and helpful, pleasant flight.

Cops Airlines is fantastic! The level of care and professionalism provided by the entire crew was top rate.

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

the food served was an embarrassment. No connection for charging the cellphone... What a crappy airline.

I selected first class expecting excetional service. It was mediocre at best. The food service was cold, meal choices was poor and on one leg they did provide dessert. I did enjoy the lay day seat but the movies were old and nothing current. Boarding the plane is always hot. So boarding is quite warm until your in the air. I took a small personal air fan. Update the meals and movies.

Very happy with my flight. I would definitely recommend it.

The flight was on time. I generally don’t drink or eat on short flights and the seats were good and the flight attendants were friendly. That’s all I expect

It was nice to have gotten up upgraded to first class with a meal on a three hour flight

Not great experience - we were super late boarding due to issues with aircraft. Then when we finally all got onboard and seated and they started taxiing out to the runway they just stopped then turned around and went back to the airport. Apparently the crew “ran out of time” to legally fly us. They mentioned that they were about 2 minutes away from taking off. I understand the rules and safety but kinda wonder why they would have bothered boarding us in the first place? Had to go all the way back and de plane and then wait in a HUGE line to get a hotel (this is somewhere around 2:30am) finally got to hotel by Uber (no shuttle after 20min so gave up) and they ended up putting us all back on the same aircraft at 10am next morning so got about 2.5 hours sleep. They did give us. $250 credit, but it was a São Paulo Brazil flight out of Dulles. The flight and everything was fine.

They charged a fee for 1st bag checked. Others in same party were free.

Flight team stood out for perzonal attention, kindness at bright cheery attitudes at 8am. Very helpful.

The worst landing I have ever had on a domestic flight. Thought we would lose the landing gear on landing in Newark. Then we spent 40 minutes trying to position the plane in the right place to be able to get the jet way to the plane. The plane arrived stopped. The announcer was that we were there. Everybody got up, then we were told to sit back down because they had to have us towed to a different position. We got towed and then everyone stood up and they told us we were in the wrong position to sit back down again, and then we got towed to a different position This did not happen immediately. It was 30 minutes while we wandered around a small section of the tarmac in Newark close to the gate, but apparently not close enough. Horrifying experience The CAB should be investigating that flight

Boarding was organized. Plane seats comfortable and service was attentive. Food options were good.

It is clear that someone knew, and competent, is in charge of food at United Airlines at least for the international flights. I was flying in coach, but the choices of the dinner were excellent. Tasty, and appropriate size. I had the beef, which was a little bit like a shepherds pie, and it was good. Nothing comparable has been served on a United flight in years. It will not be confused with three star food, but it is very good for airline food. Even better was the breakfast choice between a cinnamon roll and a breakfast sandwich. I chose the breakfast sandwich which was absolutely delicious and which I would happily order again at my local Starbucks or Panera. It is clear that someone knew indifferent is in charge of the food and it’s about time.

Flight attendant in first class gave poor service (like he didn't want to be there) and food was awful. We sat waiting for gate upon arrival over 45 mins.

This is for UA2274 from Houston to Sacramento. The flight was delayed arriving due to mechanical issues so we left about 3 hours later than scheduled. When boarding the plane the temperature inside was excessive - likely close to 100. Pilot apologized and said it was going to improve at altitude, which it did. But before that I honestly thought there might have been more delays removing passengers made ill from the heat. We were delayed leaving due to another mechanical issue. There was not water on the plane due to a panel that was not secured. They did that quickly, but the combination of mechanical issues was rather disturbing and did not reflect well on United.

I appreciated that it was on time, safe and professional. I didn’t like that I wasn’t in a place where I had a window at my window seat. It would have been nice to know that in advance. If it was mentioned in the ticketing, I didn’t notice it.

I like that the crew kept us informed but we moved back and forth from gate to gate before the aircraft arrived.

The experience with American Airlines was good, although the Philippines Airlines flight was much better (better seats, better food, better entertainment options, overall better). Again, the MIA to LAX flight was fine, but nothing in comparison to the comfort and accommodations of the Philippines Airlines flight from LAX to MNL.

I have a gluten allergy so didn't have any food

I enjoyed the extra leg room compared to other airlines. The first stewards made my daughter’s birthday special by giving her an extra snack. Then the last one coming home from Chicago to Appleton made our night really enjoyable Thanks for making our trip enjoyable

My flight was delayed for 17hs because the pilot forgot his passport!!! What a joke. AA used to be a great airline, now I have to think twice before flying with them again.

We had 3 flights. 1 & 2 were on the same plane but we had to de-board just to re-board 30 mins later. That may have been due to a crew change though. Our 3rd flight had a couple “maintenance” issues that held us up. They were quickly resolved but it took forever for someone to bring the paperwork needed so we could leave. Apparently there was a computer glitch so a driver had to bring a physical copy. It delayed us about 1 1/2 hrs. The flights themselves were smooth & no problems. For boarding, I don’t know why they don’t start with the back of the plane & move forward. It would eliminate the back up from people trying to find their seats & put their bags in the overhead bins. Unless you’re on an overseas flight, there is no food, you get a beverage & either a small bag of pretzels or a biscuit cookie. Take your own food or snacks of you want something more.

Lost bag and 2 days no word leaving for cruise no clothes or stuff

We will be writing a long, detailed letter to corporate about our awful experience with American airlines.

Internet was a bit expensive and did not work ask that week otherwise a good flight

The flight was two hours late due to a computer fault and resulting maintenance. Nothing was offered as compensation beyond bottles of water during the time we were deplaned and waiting in the terminal.

There was a fowl odour coming from the lavatory the entire flight

very difficult boarding process - aggressive passengers not the friendliest crew

WiFi was not eorkig (again) And the plane was from 1990 with the screens which were.not touch and most didn’t even work and if lucky could tune in tv

It was great. I had never flown on JetBlue before, but would be very happy to fly with them in the future.

The captain gave good announcements and the flight attendants were friendly. The WiFi was pretty good. The plane itself looked very old inside and the seats were very uncomfortable. The screens in the seat backs were the smallest I’ve ever seen. There were so many loud and obnoxious kids on this flight and the parents didn’t do much to try to quiet them down. Some had videos and games on tablets with higher than necessary volume going the whole time.

Spend hours delayed with no food, water anything sitting on the aieplane with no ability to eat or use the restroom. My entire experience was the absolute worst. I will never fly jet Blue again.

It would have been nice if they had offered more than one set of snacks

Flight was delayed several 3 hours - no reason was given and no communication what so ever.

No overhead baggage room even though I was seated in row 2. Consequently had to check in my carry on bag. Baggage carousel was jammed. Took 45 min to get my bag.

Our flight got rescheduled 48 hours later, the airline didn’t pay a penny for our expenses.

Flight was in time, very smooth ride and surprisingly lots of legroom in the cabin so I certainly will fly with spirit again

The seats are the most uncomfortable seats I’ve ever sat in. Don’t believe I’ll ever fly spirit again!!

Customer feedback I sent to Spirited today: “I will never fly Spirit Airlines again and will work hard to convince my friends and family to boycott/avoid Spirit Airlines at all costs. I booked three seats for me and my 8 and 10 year old children on NK 1222 from Orlando to Kansas City for 12/7/25 leaving Orlando at 10:37AM. This itinerary was abandoned by Spirit and we were rebooked onto Spirit flight NK 213 leaving at 9:06PM without any notice. Then the nightmare really began. Flight 213 was delayed a total of 12 times, finally leaving at 6:35AM the following day. The gate was changed 5 times and our electronic boarding passes were invalidated at midnight. The worst part was that the 12 separate delays were incremental making it impossible to plan for accommodations for my family. My kids missed a day of school and barely slept under the harsh lights with lots of noise on the filthy airport floor. The customer service agent at Spirit Airlines told us we would be emailed a voucher for a hotel which never happened. I asked about it multiple times and it never arrived in my email inbox. This whole unfortunate situation could’ve been avoided if spirit had taken a realistic approach and delayed the flight from 9 PM until 6 AM from the beginning. My son gleefully deleted the Spirit app from my phone once we landed and we will never fly with Spirit again.”

Everything was smoothly and convenient! Just stay in this way!

Flight was on time. Friendly crew. Gate agents in the other hand were very unfriendly.

Speaker airport didn't work well, so we couldn't hear the boarding call but the plane was on time leaving and on time arriving took a while for them to open the door and there was a non-disruptive guy who was inebriated a few rows ahead of us. Overall the flight was good and we appreciate the on-time-ness

Bought round trip tickets. Ended up upgrading to first class. Both flights were new planes but hadn’t been equipped with WiFi and there were no charging ports at my seat despite it being new and first class accommodations.

Very uncomfortable seat. Hard bar under cushion. Flight had no solution except to walk a around at times

Endless, trip oof my life, we still are in in plane waiting for getting off.after 3 hours delay. Not even a glass of water.

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