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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$182
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$243
San José
San José1 stop$182
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$243

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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

Tue, Sep 30 - Fri, Oct 3
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:19 am - 11:14 amTPA-SJO
6h 55m1 stop
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12:19 pm - 11:51 pmSJO-TPA
9h 32m1 stop
$182Spirit Airlines
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Fri, Oct 3 - Tue, Oct 7
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:19 am - 11:14 amTPA-SJO
6h 55m1 stop
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12:35 pm - 11:52 pmSJO-TPA
9h 17m1 stop
$190Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Oct 15 - Wed, Oct 22
Copa Airlines Logo
5:57 pm - 7:30 amTPA-SJO
15h 33m1 stop
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4:11 am - 1:29 pmSJO-TPA
7h 18m1 stop
$220Copa Airlines
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Fri, Oct 3 - Tue, Oct 7
Copa Airlines Logo
5:57 pm - 7:30 amTPA-SJO
15h 33m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
4:11 am - 1:29 pmSJO-TPA
7h 18m1 stop
$229Copa Airlines
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Sat, Oct 18 - Mon, Oct 27
American Airlines Logo
8:03 pm - 1:38 pmTPA-SJO
19h 35m2 stops
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2:40 pm - 12:14 pmSJO-TPA
19h 34m2 stops
$254American Airlines
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Mon, Oct 13 - Sun, Oct 19
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 1:38 pmTPA-SJO
9h 38m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
2:40 pm - 8:02 amSJO-TPA
15h 22m1 stop
$255American Airlines
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Sat, Jan 17 - Thu, Jan 22
Delta Logo
5:55 am - 11:25 amTPA-LIR
6h 30m1 stop
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3:55 pm - 11:58 pmLIR-TPA
7h 03m1 stop
$275Delta
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Thu, Jan 22 - Tue, Jan 27
Delta Logo
3:45 pm - 10:15 pmTPA-SJO
7h 30m1 stop
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 8:02 pmSJO-TPA
12h 02m1 stop
$278Delta
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Tue, Oct 21 - Tue, Oct 28
United Airlines Logo
7:05 am - 12:10 pmTPA-LIR
7h 05m1 stop
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7:35 am - 5:46 pmLIR-TPA
8h 11m1 stop
$389United Airlines
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Sun, Oct 5 - Sun, Oct 26
United Airlines Logo
7:05 am - 12:10 pmTPA-LIR
7h 05m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 5:46 pmLIR-TPA
26h 26m1 stop
$464United Airlines
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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 $322 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $685 and $498 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Tampa to Costa Rica?

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

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

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 10 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$86
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 19% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 21% 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.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Costa Rica?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $300 on average. Morning departures are around 13% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Costa Rica is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $515.

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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 7961 reviews
8.5Crew
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
7.3Food
7.9Entertainment
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Passengers need to check in big baggage instead of bringing on the plane. That cause inconvenience for everyone. Otherwise flight was good.

8.0 ExcellentTarun, Sep 2025MCO - LHR
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Passengers need to check in big baggage instead of bringing on the plane. That cause inconvenience for everyone. Otherwise flight was good.

Really low quality food especially for an international flight. The crew also was surprisingly unpleasant except couple of ladies. I know we were not in first class but that’s no reason to treat customers as less.

Quick check in. Everything went smooth. I don't know what can be done about airline food.

For a 69 year old with health problems I had the worse experience, no wheelchair when I entered a lady told me to sit and wait while a gentleman told me I had to walk to the Delta station, which I did. I had a carry on and a bag, and I was traveling with my service dog, which was on his carrier and the lady charged me for my carry on luggage, beside all the waiting cause of the delay, I had to walk to get my luggage cause no wheelchair showed up, I am so disappointed. I will get in touch with the company. I got home at 3:00 am, not good for my health situation.

Flight was an hour late, who knows why. It was OK, nothing outstanding.

Excellent check-in. Crew was good. Excellent communication from flight deck.

Amazing flight! I have never noticed the uniforms of the attendants before in twenty years of flying except today when one female had the most amazing dress on. It was beautifully designed and showed she was in charge. I never dreamed I would google who designed Delta uniforms . The ultimate compliment is when another woman admires your outfit. . I hope your designer puts it on the market

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

The worst part was I was NOT allowed in the lounge even though I was holding a first class ticket and have a premium American Express card. I have flown Business or First Class with many airlines. Delta is the ONLY one who does not extend this courtesy to anyone except people who hold the very expensive American Express card. As a result, I won’t fly Delta if I have any other choice.

The Dekta Rep that checked us in was great. She's very personable, pleasant, and can tell she enjoys her job.

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)

Had to go through security at the gate again. Had to take off shoes and go through the whole thing again even though we have global entry. They asked us to check in items bought at duty free during our layover and since we checked our luggage at the original departure airport, they forced us to check in a small backpack. None of this ever happened with other airlines. In addition, no vegetarian food option and no snacks during a 7 hr flight. Luggage limits are unusually small. This is unacceptable. Will NEVER fly Copa again and will tell friends and family to avoid this airline.

Seats not reclining, no vegetarian food option, no snacks. 7.5 hr flight should have been more comfortable. Luggage limits are unusually small. Will never fly Copa again and will tell friends and family to avoid this airline.

Enforce the boarding process by group numbers. Tell people to stay seated during the meal/drink distribution. It took forever to get food and drinks because people would not stay out the isle and let the crew do their jobs. Everyone wanted to go to the bathroom forcing the crew to enter and leave the isle constantly so people can pass. Tell people to keep their electronics off speaker mode. No one wants to hear phone conversations and music playing.

Placed us in the last rear row of the plane so could not recline seats because of the rear wall, and also made it more of a tight space when the passenger in front reclined their seat. While understand seat assignments, every passenger should be afforded a reclining seat. The odor control scent from the restrooms was overwhelming strong. My wife and I could not deal with it, and she suffered a terrible headache as a result. I kept getting hit by the crew since I was on the ilse seat. No apologies, nothing. They made me feel like I was supposed to take the beating for a 3 hr flight.

There was no individual at the front check in when I arrived. I waited for at least 15 minutes and walked around asking security/janitors if they could help and they did not have a solution. So I had to take my checked bag through security and they threw away some of my items. I ended up making it to the gate only a few minutes before it closed due to my waiting for an agent at check in.

It would have been better if they don't separate families in seating. We were seated in the aile row in the middle of a family of four. It would have been better if they they seat the family of four together than separated.

Terrible. They wouldn't allow me on my flight on the 14th..

We had to deboard 2 times due to maintenance issues. They changed the plane, and then we got deviated to LAX due to maibtenance issues on the other plane, had to sleep at LAX and los a full day.

Everything was good, except the seats in economy were so close together, you could barely get out when the seat in front of your was reclined. If the airlines keep jamming in more and more seats, it will become intolerable. I will look for another airline that considers customer comfort and does not keep adding more rows of seats for more profit.

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.

Staff members were not helpful they ignored all calls for an attendant.

Terrible. Delayed 7 hours, and cancelled the flight, leaving me stranded and out of pocket $500 for an alternative last minute flight

online check in was not available so i had to get to airport extra early. The flight was delayed and my luggage was lost. I had an argument with the person behind me who wanted to keep her bag on the floor and not allow my seat to recline on a 9hr plus flight. So overall, lots and lots of areas for improvement.

My flight was delayed a very short period of time but they did not hold my connecting flight to San Diego, also through United. So they closed the doors before we got off our plane. They would only have to help the door open for another five to ten minutes. So I missed a court deadline for a manditory mediation settlement conference for my client. I had to get an associate to be there in person and be on the phone with him relaying what he needs to do the entire time. The court was very upset with me and so was my client. United cannot be trusted.

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

Food was ok, but not as good as I have had before on AA.

Pretty good. The food was just mediocre, the boarding and crew were good.

It was very difficult to stretch my knee out and I am very short. I also had a torn tendon in my knee which made it extra uncomfortable anyways. My husband is 6'2" and I can't imagine him flying in that plane.

The plane was broken so we had to change planes.

Food was terrible, all served at once, poor quality . Wine and bread offered only once.

It was one of my worst flight ever. First they were changing the gate for at least 4 times, changing from gate D7 to D12 to D44. Considering the size of the Miami Airport, we are talking about long distance and the train at the airport was not working. Then the flight was delayed around one hour. Then finally we boarded into the plane and when everybody was seated, there was an announcement that there is an issue with one of the tire of the plane, so we all had to get out of the plane with our belongings, to replace the tire. So we had around 2.5-hour delay

No entertainment yatem in flight at seat 51H. Would not shut down either leaving a self moving and openin and changing menus with changes in colors,images brightness levels sort of the type when you get sleep deprivation and image overload when being tortured during an interrogation. 8 hours worth of it. Unable to place backpack underneath seat on that chair. One female stewardess was excellent as she gave up her carryon's space for my backpack but the rest of the iberia crew were very sharp an chtting during the whole flight. The plane did not have hot water so nobody had coffee nor tea. The plane was not up to par to be flying.

I never made my flight because of their poor service, as I said in my other review: I never made this flight. When I got to the airport I had a message to say that the flight was delayed and would be getting into Fort Lauderdale at 10 pm. My connecting flight was due to leave around 10:10 pm so there is no way I would have made the connection. I went back to the Spirit desk and tried to explain this to a desk agent who didn't understand. Eventually her supervisor came over and explained it. The desk agent was unhelpful and only offered options that would have required getting a hotel overnight. She offered no hotel or meal vouchers and when I said that it seemed my only option was to go to another airline she told me I needed to make a decision because they were closing the desk and would not be back till 3 pm. I went to Delta and had to pay extra but they could help get me back to Orlando. I now have to file a claim against Spirit and I am just glad I paid for insurance. Very unhappy and very poor service.

Changing the flight time to 6:15 am on the return flight is extremely inconvenient. The flight was okay. It was on time. The crew was friendly. The seats were uncomfortable. All the upsells are annoying, and I would prefer paying a single higher fee and not have to purchase so much extra.

The flight was delayed twice with minimal explanation. The terminal and airplane were filthy. The food voucher didn’t even cover a tiny pizza from a kiosk in the terminal. All in all, a pretty miserable experience for a flight to attend a funeral

I will use spirit more New clean aircraft Excellent crew ! Quick boarding process !

I liked the check in procedure. The luggage charges and overweight cost can be better.

The flight was delayed be over 3 hours. I tried to get a refund for Vivian Kirby and my session kept being stopped. I was NEVER able to finish the prosses...after 2 hours of attempting.

Again, when I use Kayak I expect to pay the total amount and that´s it. Someone added an additional charge few days later after purchasing the tickets.

For the minimalist experience, it is really a great ride-- feels a little like public transport i guess

I didn’t mind being delayed due to weather, but continuing to post (and not update) that we would be delayed until after the flight was already supposed to have taken off was a bit much. In the future, please announce the delay even if the time is still unknown.

This gate agents are always so rude! I stopped flirting with spirit years ago for that reason I thought it would change by now. It’s so tacky they try to treat you like a school child i hate it

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