Direct Flights from Tampa to Havana
Havana · Cuba
Nonstop service from TPA to HAV on Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 2 cities fly direct to Havana, and Tampa is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Havana for, from Tampa
1h 10m in the air, 345 miles: short enough that a single night in Havana is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
About Havana
Havana is the capital city of Cuba, and one of the fifteen provinces of the Republic of Cuba. Visitors come to Havana for its music, history, culture, architecture and monuments. Havana is a lively city that retains a lot of beautiful buildings from its heyday in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many of which have been deteriorating since the 1950s, creating a romantic atmosphere of a bygone era.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Havana
- USS Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April. U.S.
- Havana Cathedral is one of eleven Catholic cathedrals on the island. It is located in the Plaza de la Catedral on Calle Empedrado, between San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Old Havana, Havana, Cuba.
- The Museum of the Revolution is located in the Old Havana section of Havana, Cuba, in what was the presidential palace of all Cuban presidents from Mario García Menocal to Fulgencio Batista.
- The Christ of Havana is a large sculpture representing Jesus of Nazareth, on a hilltop overlooking the bay in Havana, Cuba. It is the work of the Cuban sculptor Jilma Madera, who won the commission for it in 1953.
- The National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana in Havana, Cuba, is a museum of fine arts that exhibits Cuban art collections from the colonial times up to contemporary generations.
- Casa de las Américas is an organization that was founded by the Cuban Government in April 1959, four months after the Cuban Revolution, for the purpose of developing and extending the socio-cultural relations with the co…
- John Lennon Park or Parque John Lennon is a public park, located in the Vedado district in Havana, Cuba.
- The Basílica Menor of San Francisco de Asís is a Catholic minor basilica and Franciscan convent in the district of Old Havana, Cuba.
- Finca Vigía is a house in San Francisco de Paula ward in Havana, Cuba, which was once the residence of Ernest Hemingway. Like Hemingway's Key West home, it is now a museum. The building was constructed in 1886.
- The Castillo del Príncipe is a military fort located in the Loma de Aróstegui, in Havana, Cuba.
- Guanabo is a beach town in the Ciudad de la Habana Province of Cuba. It is a ward located within the municipality of Habana del Este halfway between the centre of Havana and Santa Cruz del Norte, at the mouth of the Guan…
- Parque Lenin is a recreational park complex in Arroyo Naranjo, Havana, Cuba. It is Havana's largest recreational area, occupying 670 hectares.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Havana weather, compared with Tampa
3° warmer than Tampa on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Havana 79°F · Tampa 71°F · 8° warmer
- April
- Havana 87°F · Tampa 82°F · 5° warmer
- July
- Havana 90°F · Tampa 90°F · much the same
- October
- Havana 86°F · Tampa 85°F · much the same
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Havana
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Havana is December–February, when daytime highs are a comfortable 79–82°F.
- How long to stay
- Havana rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from USS Maine (1890), Havana Cathedral, and Museum of the Revolution (Cuba) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Tampa to Havana?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Tampa (TPA) to Havana (HAV) on Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Tampa to Havana?
- Southwest flies nonstop between Tampa (TPA) and Havana (HAV).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Tampa to Havana?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Tampa to Havana.
- How far is Havana from Tampa?
- Havana is about 345 miles from Tampa by air.
- Is there a direct flight from Tampa to Cuba?
- Yes — Havana (HAV) has nonstop service from Tampa on Southwest, making it a nonstop gateway to Cuba.
- What is there to do in Havana?
- Popular things to do include USS Maine (1890), Havana Cathedral, Museum of the Revolution (Cuba), Christ of Havana, and more.
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