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Cheap Flights from Tampa to Costa Rica

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San José
San José1 stop$249
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$344
San José
San José1 stop$249
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$344

Book Cheap Tampa to Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica 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 Tampa to Costa Rica

Sun, Feb 22 - Thu, Feb 26
Copa Airlines Logo
4:51 am - 7:02 pm
TPA
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SJO
15h 11m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
4:09 am - 12:36 pm
SJO
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TPA
7h 27m
1 stop
$249Copa Airlines
Tue, Mar 10 - Tue, Mar 17
Copa Airlines Logo
3:39 pm - 7:01 pm
TPA
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SJO
5h 22m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
4:09 am - 1:36 pm
SJO
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TPA
7h 27m
1 stop
$250Copa Airlines
Mon, Feb 23 - Wed, Mar 4
Copa Airlines Logo
4:51 am - 6:56 pm
TPA
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SJO
15h 05m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
8:48 am - 9:41 pm
SJO
-
TPA
11h 53m
1 stop
$251Copa Airlines
Wed, Mar 4 - Mon, Mar 9
Copa Airlines Logo
4:51 am - 4:46 pm
TPA
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SJO
12h 55m
2 stops
Copa Airlines Logo
8:48 am - 11:05 pm
SJO
-
TPA
12h 17m
1 stop
$254Copa Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Sat, Mar 7
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:55 pm - 12:22 pm
TPA
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SJO
15h 27m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
1:31 pm - 9:00 pm
SJO
-
TPA
6h 29m
1 stop
$256Spirit Airlines
Sat, Mar 7 - Tue, Mar 10
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:55 pm - 11:22 am
TPA
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SJO
14h 27m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:31 pm - 9:00 pm
SJO
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TPA
6h 29m
1 stop
$258Spirit Airlines
Mon, Feb 23 - Thu, Feb 26
United Airlines Logo
6:35 am - 8:39 pm
TPA
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SJO
15h 04m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:45 am - 6:00 pm
SJO
-
TPA
8h 15m
1 stop
$261United Airlines
Wed, Apr 22 - Wed, Apr 29
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:10 pm
TPA
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LIR
8h 10m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LIR
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TPA
7h 30m
1 stop
$344American Airlines
Tue, May 5 - Tue, May 12
JetBlue Logo
7:00 am - 11:55 am
TPA
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LIR
6h 55m
1 stop
JetBlue Logo
1:00 pm - 10:03 pm
LIR
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TPA
7h 03m
1 stop
$347JetBlue
Wed, Apr 22 - Wed, Apr 29
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 1:10 pm
TPA
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LIR
9h 10m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
2:40 pm - 9:54 am
LIR
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TPA
17h 14m
2 stops
$349American Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Tampa to Costa Rica flights

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Tampa to Costa Rica?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Tampa to Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica is September, when tickets cost $315 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $545 and $414 respectively.

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

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 Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$100
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 9% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 3% increase in price.
Flight from Tampa to San José

FAQs - booking Costa Rica flights

  • Can customers shop for goods to bring back home from Juan Santamaria International Airport?

    Unlike most other airports around the world, it is possible for passengers, both foreigners and citizens, to shop for commodities to and bring them back into the country. This means that you can take anything you wish into the country after shopping in other areas as long as they are legal.

  • Does Copa Airlines fly into Juan Santamaria International airport?

    If you wish to use Copa Airlines when flying to Costa Rica, you will use the Main Terminal (M). Even so, the largest US airlines at the airport in terms of the sum of individuals served and destinations include the American Airlines and JetBlue.

  • Can I rent a vehicle once I arrive at Juan Santamaria International Airport?

    It is possible to rent a vehicle once you arrive at Juan Santamaria International Airport. The facility ensures that its visitors have an array of car rental service options including the Enterprise Rent-a-car SJ Airport, Hertz, and Avis.

  • Are gift shops available at Juan Santamaria International Airport?

    When you are traveling to Costa Rica and you wish to buy gifts for kids and other family members, an array of gift shops are available to meet your needs. The airport will save you from arriving home without a present for your loved ones because the gift shops are presented in at least 10 different stores.

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

    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 Costa Rica.

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

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

    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 Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica?

    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 Costa Rica up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Costa Rica

  • When taking a flight from Tampa to Costa Rica, you will arrive at the Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO). It is the main airport serving San Jose, the capital city of Costa Rica. The airport is located within 12 miles from downtown San Jose. A quick taxi call guarantees faster and convenient access to the city.
  • The main airport serving travelers from Tampa to Costa Rica is the Tampa international Airport (TPA). It is the nation’s primary airport located 6 miles west of downtown Tampa, Florida. It is easily accessible due to an array of transport services provided both within and outside the facility. Like all other airports, Tampa International Airport serves a large sum of individuals. For this reason, parking should be booked in advance for those trying to travel and leave their vehicles on the premises.
  • In the event you arrive late at Juan Santamaria International Airport, it is possible to sleep within the airport. The security checkpoints usually will close for the night and most travelers feel safe sleeping at the airport. The airport provides its guests convenient and easy to access sleeping areas whenever they arrive late.
  • If you desire to have high class VIP treatment. Juan Santamaria International airport has spas enough for a high altitude experience. There also are two VIP lounges, the first being the Santamaria VIP which is an exclusive area for VIP passengers. The lounge has an a la carte restaurant, sushi bar, and a liquor bar. It also offers an array of cold drinks and sandwiches.
  • Once you arrive at Juan Santamaria International airport, take time to enjoy the usual assortments of duty-free shops, crafts, and stores including Tico Corner and Britt Shop Costa Rica. At these areas, you can purchase Costa Rican coffee, cigar, and a variety of souvenirs to take home.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Tampa to Costa Rica

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Tampa to Costa Rica? 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 1559 reviews
7.8Boarding
7.4Comfort
6.8Entertainment
6.8Food
8.1Crew
Airline reviews

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.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Dec 2025
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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.

There should be a warning regarding the quality of the aircraft on the website as we reserve the tickets. There was no TV or any type of screen onboard. The wifi they offer is good for nothing. Traveling 9 hours straight with kids and no type of entetainment was horrible. I wish I had been informed prior so I could buy a ticket with another airline. The food was a joke too. A very tiny portion per passenger. They also charged $100 per checked bag. With United I used to pay $60. So, fair to say that I wont be flying Copa anymore. Their aircraft was super old, outdated, no entertainment, with nearly no onboard food.

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

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.

As always, Copa Airlines is great to fly on. The flights are always on time, the staff are pleasant and helpful and it's always a wonderful flying experience.

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

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

Did upgrade, travel in business it was great (more room I could sleep)

Both the WIFI and entertainment did not work for 2.5h

The crew made our experience extremely bad. They were rude and didn’t have anything for kids.

Very old flight - time to retire it for newer airplanes

2+ hours delayed Outlet in row 12 did not work Tv monitors did not work Lights kept off the entire flight for at 5pm-7pm flight

Plane outlets in my row not working to charge phone. Staff response was, well it should be. Plug into seed for volume not working well. Had to find the sweet spot for plug in or it would shut off and on.

Everything was absolutely wonderful from check in to baggage claim. Staff was very professional and sweet. Will definitely recommend United to family and friends.

Very turbulent trip made it pretty bearable, plus the lack of refreshments served and the lack of any air conditioning before takeoff which took an hour or more.

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

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.

Waited for oxygen tanks for 30 minutes after boarding was complete.

Awful. Original flight was delayed 5 hours. Had to to take a connecting flight instead of direct. Had a 4 hour layover. I missed all of my morning meetings getting in 5 hours later than I was supposed to and had to change to take a later flight the next day to get them back in which cia time another $150.

On time on a day with lots of weather cancellations on other flights. Thank you for getting me home during a winter storm!

Don't change gate multiple times make people run across the airport. Announce delays in a timely manner. Have maintenance crew ready. Don't delay and keep passengers on the plane for 3 hrs. on tarmac.

The attendants were kind and helpful. A sugar-free drink would have been very welcome.

Little warm on the plane and delayed for an hour

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

It was fine. My connection in Charlotte to go to WPB was too late and I had to spend the night in the Charlotte Airport in the mini suites.

Boarding was organized and timely. Food was mediocre, especially for first class travel.

Friendly crew, efficient boarding and flight arrived early. Couldn’t ask for a better experience

Horribly rude check in at airport, worst in 25 years of flying. All over a simple issue they could have googled to resolve.

1) No pilot available for 1 hour 2) no room for most passengers careyon in overhead—-> stowed below 3) when we landed we had to wait 45 min. Before docking at gate as gate was not ready

Good. No issues except a slight delay. Crew came in late.

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.

There absolutely needs to be WiFi on flights. Not sure why this new aircraft did not have the capability, but it made for a very frustrating flight. I honestly would have paid twice as much for another airline to have WiFi as an option, especially as a mom with kids who have disabilities.

Delay at the gate without any communication such as announcement, sign, monitor, email or text. Found out later we were boarded with the knowledge of a significant delay, awaiting communication from Europe. Pilot was the only source of information regarding the delay after a long gate delay and sitting for more than 30 minutes after boarding. More than 2 hour delay, landing at 2 AM. Offered to deplane and reboard, but probably should have just waited rather than repeat the process. Not the first time experiencing the lack of communication with Spirit airlines. This morning was not as bad as showing up to a terminal without an agent (or aircraft) without any sort of communication. Much later an email was sent that stated our flight was rescheduled for a week later. Situations do arise, but simple communication can alleviate a lot of the frustration. Hard to believe a corporation doesn't understand that. But, you get what you pay for...

No complaints with pricing so don’t expect a lot of extras.

Flight out was great but this flight was canceled and nothing was available for 2 days after this so I had to purchase an expensive ticket from another airline so I could go home. The flight cancellation was said to be a crew issue, it wasn’t weather or maintenance.

Flight got cancelled 1.5 hours prior to gate open and logistics of travel got delayed.

the fligh was delay form 9am to 10, delayed again from 10 to 11, than delay and gate change to 12 and delay another gate change to 3;25 pm

Missed flight cause tsa took so long, overbooked flight, left terminal earlier than posted departure ridiculous upcharges stayed at airport additional 6 hours to catch next available flight. Had to make other arrangements to be picked up for later flight. Terrible experience!

Cancelled my flight, said next flight was 30hrs later. Had to come out of pocket $500 to get on a SW flight

Everything was good. On time, boarding fast, flight attendants friendly.

Spirit has always and will always stink. Absolute worst airline around.

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