Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Tampa to New Orleans
Southwest and Spirit Airlines have all waived their change and cancellation fees on flights from Tampa to New Orleans. Confirm policies on booking site.
Entry restrictions
The United States has restricted the entry of all foreign nationals who have passed through or have been in China, Iran, Most European Countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City), the UK, Ireland, Brazil and South Africa in the past 14 days.
With the exception of certain travelers which includes certain family members of US citizens or permanent residents including; spouses, children (under the age of 21), parents (provided that his/her US citizen or permanent resident child is unmarried and under the age of 21), and siblings (provided that both the sibling and the US citizen or permanent resident are unmarried and under the age of 21);
There is also an exception for travelers with the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-1, C-1/D, C-2, C-3, CR-1, CR-2, D, E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, IR-1, IR-4, IH-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 visa;
Members of the US Armed Forces, spouses, and children of members of the US Armed Forces;
Travelers with invitation of the USA government for a purpose related to the containment/mitigation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19);
Travelers with documents issued by the US Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, or US Department of State indicating that the traveler is exempt from the restriction;
B1 crew crewmembers that are engaged in lightering, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activity, wind farm activity, private air/sea crew and other similar crewmember activities;
Students with an F-1 or M-1 visa and their F-2 and M-2 dependents, if they arrive from or have been in Ireland, the UK or Schengen Area in the past 14 days.
Entry requirements
All travelers, 2 years of age or older (including US citizens and transit passenger) must present a negative COVID-19 viral or antigen test result issued 72 hours prior to departure or have a proof of recovery from the virus within the last 90 days prior to boarding the plane.
Travelers must complete a disclosure and attestation form before departure.
Exemptions or waiver to the testing requirements may be granted by the CDC on an extremely limited basis when emergency travel (like an emergency medical evacuation) must occur to preserve someone’s life, health against a serious danger, or physical safety and testing cannot be completed before travel.
US citizens and permanent residents arriving from the UK must present a medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR or antigen test result issued within 72 hours prior to departure.
Travelers arriving in New York State must complete the Traveler Health Form.
Travelers arriving in Massachusetts must complete the Massachusetts Health Form.
Quarantine requirements
Travelers are advised to get tested 3-5 days after travel and stay home and self-quarantine for 7 days after travel. Even if they test negative, they must still stay home and self-quarantine for the full 7 days. If the test is positive, isolate to protect others from getting infected.??
Travelers who did not get tested, are advised to stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.?
All other info
Travelers are subject to COVID-19 measures set by the state/territory of their final destination. For more information go to CDC website.
There are currently 1,106 active cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in US and 0 deaths as of Mar 6 2021
Please see our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel Restrictions page for more information on restrictions worldwide.
An average nonstop flight takes 1h 33m, covering a distance of 487 miles.
There are 38 (nonstop) flights between Tampa and New Orleans per week, averaging 5 per day.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets were found on Spirit Airlines ($28) and American Airlines ($76), and the lowest round-trip tickets have been found on Spirit Airlines ($56) and Multiple Airlines ($82).
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Southwest (3 times daily), Spirit Airlines (2 times daily) are the most frequent flyers on this route.
From Tampa to New Orleans, Friday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from New Orleans back to Tampa , the best deals are generally found on Friday, with Monday being the most expensive.
When flying out of Tampa you will be using Tampa, often referred to as Tampa Airport. You will be landing at New Orleans Louis Armstrong, also known as New Orleans Airport.
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Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
Pros: "Crew was very nice."
Cons: "N/A"
Cons: "Delayed flight"
Pros: "We flew economy, so it was what it was. Not really comfortable."
Cons: "No free inflight entertainment. Did serve a beverage and a small snack. Crew and staff were friendly."
Cons: "Flight entertainment it's kind of hard to set up depending on the device you own"
Cons: "Taxi time on both ends were ridiculously long."
Pros: "borden pass hade no gate no."
Pros: "Quick boarding"
Cons: "American's coach seats are NOT that comfy"
Cons: "The pilot on this flight was amazing!"
Pros: "The seat was super Uncomfortable. Squished Middle seat that I paid $37 for (w/Priority boarding, see below). What a ripoff. The seat was designed specifically to torture passengers, of this I am certain."
Cons: "I paid for a seat upgrade that included "Priority Boarding", For AA, that meant Group 5 out of 9. WTF?? Clearly Bait and Switch - there's a big placard at every AA boarding gate that states: Priority Boarding 1-4 (to the Left) and "Main Boarding" 5-9 (to the Right). Fraudulent, clearly."
Pros: "The seat was So so"
Cons: "My food was cold had to send it back"
Cons: "My bag is misplaced and no one has an answer"
Cons: "Paid for seats so I could sit with my guy - still had zero leg room. Generally disappointed with the state of air travel in the US - feels like we're being herded like cattle. Would like to vote with my dollars to help airlines that value customers and aren't trying to pinch pennies/nickel & dime us"
Cons: "Everything, especially an AA customer representative. Very rude, inconsiderate, and unprofessional."
Pros: "Crew was great. Flight delayed due to lavatory door not closing. Then+0, 20 minutes of papaerwork. Followed by no one able to operate bridge when landed for 20 minutes."
Cons: "Delays,"
Pros: "Flight attendant called in sick flight delay for 1.5 hours leaving Tampa, could not make connection and all other flights overbooked until tomorrow."
Cons: "If I did not have a 24 hour delay in arriving!!"
Cons: "Excelente"
Cons: "Circled for too long and had no updates from the captain on what was happening."
Cons: "Popup ad in already terrible gogo inflight media playback site stumped entire plan."
Pros: "Nothing, was a very old airplane very uncomfortable for a long trip."
Cons: "Very poor entertainment, uncomfortable seats."
Cons: "Paid for upgraded seat with complimentary drinks that I still got charged for."
Pros: "Everything on time."
Cons: "-"
Cons: "They lost and cant track my baggage. Very poor customer service."
Pros: "LOVED the spacious leg room on that aircraft!"
Cons: "The lady beside me and everyone else listened to her audio book."
Pros: "Entertainment options."
Cons: "This new low life category where you cannot even pay to be treated like a human."
Pros: "Crew was polite and respectful"
Cons: "Communication was irregular, a meal was promised that was never delivered, delay on tarmac handled poorly"
Pros: "I liked the way the AA gate supervisor too charge of the problem and solved it, with great deal of personal imvolvement and follow up. Also check-in crew was very much the best. I would say that AA showed the best of passages care to me. Truly outstanding."
Cons: "Because of a mixup, though not of AA doing, I was literally forgotten at the gate. However, AA personnel showed the very best of can-do attitude and got me home for Thanksgiving. I am very proud of everyone working at AA at the TPA airport."
Cons: "lost time and monies...and opportunities."
Cons: "Smooth."
Pros: "45 minutes early...brand new (refurbished) a320"
Pros: "Food was okay.."
Cons: "Had a bulk head seat that turned out to be not one."
Pros: "Timely I have no complaints. The flight went well."
Cons: "Timely I have no complaints. The flight went well."
Pros: "Cheap fare"
Cons: "American advertised free TV and movies streamed to your device via a card placed in the seatback pocket and in the flight attendant's announcement. Although the card stated, "This Flight. Free Entertainment..." I was informed that there was, in fact, no such feature."
Cons: "Horrible long delays."
Pros: "Arrived early"
Cons: "Couldn't get movies to play"
Cons: "Middle seat and one of the last ones on. Enough said"
Pros: "Tiny airplane but single flght crew managed my and from what I could see fellow passengers needs commendably. Whilst I didn't like needing to hand in my carry on (without much warning so I didn't have time to pull out a magazine to read) on the plus side it was stored well as my suit carrier came out unscathed and you get your bags curb side as soon as the plane lands so you don't have to wait for the rest of the bags to unload."
Cons: "Because the airplane is so small there is not much room to move in the aisle (thankfully most people just sat down for the short flight), also you have to hand in your carry on baggage so that it is stored with the main bags."
Pros: "I made it safely to my destinations and in a timely manner."
Cons: "The lack of space to breathe. Being herded like cattle to our seats. The fact that in flight service BARELY made it to the back of the plane before we landed."
Pros: "otherwise ok"
Cons: "2hr delay"
Pros: "Very friendly staff, on time, most of all very comfortable."
Cons: "The Oppurtunity that could improve is the boarding in plane to have passengers board in groups."
Pros: "Delayed 2 hours out of charlotte. Missed flight to Madrid. Newark people are rude"
Cons: "Look above"
Pros: "Comfort and quick boarding"
Cons: "Flight attendants were a bit dry and less than over zealous. Connecting gate in Charlotte was really far from where we landed. I had little time to get there."
Pros: "Boarding process was quick and staff was decent."
Cons: "Tiny seats, everyone was uncomfortable because of this. No in flight entertainment."
Pros: "I flew first class. Philadelphia airport is horrendous. I chose to fly first class to avoid lines and make flying by my lonesome go more smoothly. There are no special lines for first class there are absolutely no perks to flying first class out of Philly. The first class flight attendant was rude. They ran out of hot food by the time they got to me so I was served yogurt ... I don't eat yogurt. I waited 40 minutes for my luggage to arrive at baggage claim. The flight to Philadelphia from Tampa was a good experience. They had first class lines. The airport was cleaner. The flight attendant Steve, was kind and professional. I was served a hot lunch. I'm a diabetic and when my blood sugar went low he got me orange juice quickly. I waited maybe 10 minutes for luggage at baggage claim. However with the horrific experience in Philadlephia I may never fly American again. Definitely will never fly out of Philadelphia again. I was told by the woman who I sat next to on the way home that she hates American and usually flys Delta for her business trips."
Cons: "AVOID FLYING OUT OF PHILADELPHIA!!!"
Pros: "Flight on time"
Pros: "Small seats, no consideration for disabled travelers. Pretzels suck. One 30 min tv show on 2.5 hour flight. No bathroom for handicap. Cheap airfare is the only reason I fly American. One attendant asked me, with attitude, if I was going to get off the plane...before realizing I can't physically walk. Her face turned white as a ghost when she realized what she had said and how she had said it."
Cons: "See above"
Pros: "The flight assistants were nice"
Cons: "The entire flight from Miami to New Orleans, the ac felt like the heater was on. I was sweating and felt nasty."
Pros: "Departure on time, arriving on time. Great flight"
Cons: "American cancelled flight after all day wait because they could not find a first officer."
Cons: "Flight previous day that I was supposed to be on was cancelled. This one was late and there was no sense of urgency by the crew to get back on schedule. I had to run all the way across the Charlotte airport to make my connection. The gate door had already closed (early) but I got someone to open it for me. There was no assistance from the flight crew to help me make my flight. No gate information was announced, etc."
Pros: "How easy it was to board"
Cons: "Not charge us for a soda"
Pros: "Cheap, no frills."
Cons: "Seating family members together, instead of forcing them to pay a "buy your own seat" fee."
Pros: "Clean plane"
Cons: "We could have departed on time"
Cons: "They will hound you to spend more and treat you like cattle."
Cons: "Roomier seats"
Pros: "Crew was super nice!!"
Cons: "Entertainment"
Pros: "Quick flight."
Cons: "Seats are cramped and uncomfortable."
Pros: "Not such a full plane"
Cons: "Cost of luggage"
Pros: "Very smooth fight great fight attendants"
Cons: "Hate that spirit charges for everything"
Pros: "clean plane"
Cons: "my carry on single bag was charge $55 because it was overstuffed by an inch. Rip off"
Pros: "After paying for carryon seat and plane fare you end up payiing the same price as other airlines except the seating isn’t as comfortable. It ends up being more sometimes"
Cons: "Paying 45 each way for carryon and seat each way"
Pros: "I read that everything was ala carte on Spirit Airlines, so I knew to pay for my bag online and carry on only the size allowed for free. The boarding and flight was very smooth. There are kiosks at the airport to print your boarding pass which also saves you money."
Cons: "I didn't understand how to pay for a beverage/snack while on board the plane. Wish that something that inexpensive would be offered without charge!"
Cons: "Never left Tampa three delays had to cancel trip plane Stuck in bad weather up north"
Cons: "Not enough leg room. Water and small snacks not complimentary"
Cons: "Yes, late leaving Tampa."
Pros: "It was very crowded and Spirit Airlines got people through pretty quickly"
Cons: "It was crowded"
Pros: "Everything was uneventful...perfect"
Pros: "On time arrival."
Pros: "Simple, cheap, no complaints"
Pros: "No comfortable setting"
Cons: "Unexceptable service."
Pros: "Everything"
Cons: "OTHER AIRLINES HAVE A 50# LIMIT. OUR BAG COST US ABOUT $30 TO BEGIN WITH. THEN THE COUNTER AGENT SAID OUR BAG WEIGHED 48#, WHICH COST US ANOTHER $38. THAT WAS AFTER I STUPIDLY SUBSCRIBED T THE $9 CLUB. KEEP THE MONEY. I WILL NEVER DARKEN YOUR GATE AGAIN."
Pros: "Both pilots going to Tampa and back to Atlanta new how to land the plane properly."
Cons: "That I had to pay $55 both directions for a normal size carry on!!!!! Geez if I would have known I would have brought a backpack or brought nothing with me and bought what I needed when I arrived."
Pros: "Inexpensive, efficient, friendly"
Cons: "Too many flights putting baggage on the same carousel which made it difficult to get to your luggage"
Pros: "I like the low fare."
Cons: "Boarding needs massive improvement; luggage fees are outrageous; if you can put everything in a backpack then it's worth it."
Pros: "The price was best among all available flights from Tampa to Detroit. Boarding was less of a cattle call than on previous Spirit flights, and staff was cheerful and helpful. The plane was clean and we were impressed at how quickly we got from the gate into the air. We actually arrived in Detroit early, which was great."
Cons: "Dislike all the online prompts to buy a specific seat when having purchased a ticket means you've purchased a seat. This is a money-making move by Spirit that no doubt won't go away, but the website should clarify that it's an option to select a certain preferred seat, and that you will be assigned one if you do not purchase a specific seat."
Cons: "Competitors such as JetBlue offer complimentary food and drink, as well as Wi-Fi and TV/Movies. These would be great additions to Spirit Air."
Pros: "My no frills trip was great. Perfect price and no incidents!! Staff was fun and good natured even when they wanted to smack a passenger!!!!"
Pros: "Landing was smoothe"
Cons: "They say they have low fares but that is because you have to pay for literally everything!!!!"
Pros: "Nothing! There was nothing good to say about it."
Cons: "One needs to allow 30-45 minutes to check-in at the counter. Their process is exceptionally slow. The automated kiosk too my credit card to initiate the check-in but would not accept it to pay for the luggage ... so we had to do the process over with the agent."
Pros: "Snacks and drinks should be free to your customers. Also, Over-charging for baggage is a disgrace the way you have it set up."
Pros: "Staff"
Cons: "Cramped"
Cons: "uncormfortable seating"
Cons: "Delayed multiple times and then canceled No good rebooking options provided."
Pros: "Great price and seating"
Cons: "N/A"
Cons: "The check in was utterly insane. No organization. Confusing lines. Frustrating and ridiculous. I fly often with American and United. . . they are organized and efficient. This was a nightmare!"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "The whole experience. I will never use Spirit or Kayak again! Biggest ripoff off companies ever and I nights well include your parent company pricelin!"
Pros: "Horrible"
Cons: "Everything"
Pros: "Liked the convinience of late online buying and fast checkin process."
Cons: "Employee was rude to lady in front me who asked questions when going on the plane."
Pros: "I like Spirit just fine!"
Cons: "The only thing that was not good was the de-planing instructions. They were rushed and not clear. The speaker was probably looking down to read the script, making it difficult for clear speech and good tone."
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Everything"
Cons: "Typical Spirit delays. This was a newer plane which was nice but not cleaned..floors dirty and trash in pockets"
Cons: "flying to detroit instead of cleveland"
Cons: "Delayed cuz the A/C smelt. Didn't offer us anything."
Cons: "Did not appreciate the extended wait on the ground in Chicago to get off the plane."
Pros: "Generally just felt cheap and pushy."
Cons: "Seat selection procedure, boarding, 90% of the experience."
Pros: "I LOVE THE PEOPLE ON THE PLANE"
Cons: "NOTHING BAD TO SAY"
Pros: "Everything went smoothly"
Pros: "Food and entertainment non applicable"
Cons: "Tight fit for 3 adults in a row...paid extra for space but just wasn't there"
Airlines flying from Tampa to New Orleans have enacted additional safety measures and adjusted policies to better accommodate travelers. Policies vary by airline.
Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Tampa to New Orleans
Mandatory masks
Masks required on board, masks provided on flights from Tampa to New Orleans
Social distancing seating
Middle seats unavailable to book on flights from Tampa to New Orleans
Pre-flight testing
Testing for antibodies, testing for symptoms for flights from Tampa to New Orleans
Flexible cancellations
Waiving of change fees. Search flexible flights from Tampa to New Orleans
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