Tampa Airport Ground Transportation
If you’re looking for Tampa airport ground transport, please review below.
The Airport is located at 4100 George J Bean Pkwy Tampa, FL 33607.
If you are looking on driving to the airport, we suggest you use Google maps to get turn by turn directions. Alliteratively you can use the Airports Directions to TPA info. You can also learn a lot about the Airport on Wikipedia. Tampa Airport Parking $10/day (2021) Parking Tampa Airport
Tampa International Airport is an international airport six miles west of Downtown Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority
There a several ground transport options at TPA International, we list them here below and dive into each option in depth for you. Luckily the Airport offers many options to get to surrounding destinations. Please note: Due to construction, all ground transportation is now available on the west end of baggage claim only
We cover the following ground transportation services offer at TPA
- Taxis
- Shared Ride Shuttle Vans
- Rental Cars
- Public Transportation
- Charter Bus Companies
Tampa Airport Taxis
There are 2 major providers of taxicab service at TPA, Yellow cab and United cab. Both which have to offer a flat rate of $28 one-way to downtown and the cruise terminal.
The fares are $2.50 plus $2.40 per mile and since the airport website does not provide estimated rates, we have gone ahead and listed some of the popular destinations and what the fare could be (remember this is just an estimate)
Shared Ride Shuttle Vans
The major carrier for airport shuttle service is Super Shuttle TPA. You can find out more about group rates and discount codes on their website or read about reviews. If you click here you can get coupons and find their phone number. For advanced reservations, you can use our site or if you’d like to get a ride at the airport, you can walk up to their ticket counter, located in Baggage Claim.
Unfortunately the popular Sarasota Tampa Express Shuttle has closed down - their $40 rate per person to/from TPA was a great deal, however, the company closed its doors in 2016.
Fares listed below are sourced from Tampa’s Official website, and they nor do we make any guarantee they are accurate. If you wish to get a price quote, use our search form above.
Popular Routes (Tampa airport shuttle to) | Est. Fare |
Sarasota | 55 |
Clearwater beach | $25 |
Bradenton | $67 |
Siesta key | $112 |
Orlando Downtown | no shared ride available |
Anna maria island | $82 |
Sun city center | $40 |
Largo | $25 |
Spring hill | $76 |
New port richey | $35 |
Carnival cruise port | $14 |
Treasure island | $27 |
Madeira beach | $27 |
Orlando airport | no shared ride available |
Lakeland | $87 |
Venice FL | no shared ride available |
Indian rocks beach | $27 |
Embassy suites downtown tampa airport shuttle | $14 |
Additional Destinations Sorted by County
Hillsborough County | Fare |
Apollo Beach | $39 |
Brandon/Valrico | $34 |
Dover | $39 |
Gibsonton | $34 |
Lutz | $31-34 |
Plant City | $49 |
Riverview | $39 |
Ruskin | $39 |
Seffner | $39 |
Pinellas County | Fare |
Clearwater | $27 |
Dunedin | $27 |
Oldsmar | $27 |
Palm Harbor | $27 |
Safety Harbor | $27 |
St. Petersburg | $27 |
Tarpon Springs | $27-$28 |
All Beach Communities | $28 |
Pasco/Hernando Counties | Fare |
Brooksville | $84-90 |
Holiday | $34 |
Hudson | $40 |
Land O'Lakes | $42 |
Wesley Chapel | $49 |
Zephyrhills | $59 |
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Rental Cars
Below is a list of the top 17 rental car companies available at Tampa Airport. Free airport shuttles take passengers to and from the off-airport rental car companies and they can be found at either the Red or Blue Baggage claim area.
Rental Car Company | Phone number |
Alamo | (813) 396-4140 |
Avis | (800) 831-2847 |
Budget | (800) 527-0700 (813) 396-3126 |
Dollar Car Rental | (800) 800-4000 (813) 396-3640 |
Enterprise | (813) 396-4000 |
Hertz | (813) 874-3232 |
National Car Rental | (888) 826-6890 |
Thrifty Car Rental | (800) 847-4389 |
Ace Rent A Car | (813) 636-8999 |
Executive | (813) 344-4359 |
Fox Rent-A-Car | (855) 849-4215 |
Payless | (813) 289-6554 |
Sixt | (813) 666-8606 |
Zipcar | (866) 494-7227 |
Advantage | (800) 777-5500 |
E-Z Rent A Car | (800) 277-5171 |
Carl’s Van Rentals | (800) 565-5211 |
SliverCar | (850) 466-4665 |
Public Transportation and Bus Companies
Public bus service including HART, PSTA are located at the Rental Car Center.
Greyhound is also available by taxi or SuperShuttle, as the bus terminal is located in downtown Tampa at 610 Polk St.
Chartered Bus Companies
We recommend using PrivateCar to get multiple quotes from top Limo and Bus Companies or go direct to GoGo Charters to find a good charter bus service. You’ll be able to pick up the charter bus at the Red 1 and Blue 2 designated areas in ground transportation centers. Drop-offs will be on the departure level, however.