Tampa International Airport (TPA) — The Complete Master Guide 2026
Complete 2026 guide to Tampa International Airport (TPA) covering the wagon-wheel 1971 layout that keeps gates ≤7 min from curbside check-in (JD Power #2 large US airport, ACI ASQ #1 three years running), Spirit Airlines collapse 2 May 2026 dropping 43 weekly outbound flights to 6 destinations (Southwest absorbed most), Airside D’s $1.528B expansion that opens 2029 not 2026, the SkyConnect APM Rental Car Center flow, the cruise-port $30 flat-rate run, and why TPA’s lounge bench is genuinely thin for a top-2 ranked airport.