Tampa International Airport TPA is an international airport six miles (9.7 km) west of Downtown Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.
This airport is publicly owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority (HCAA).
It has been praised for its architecture and Landside/Airside design of a central terminal (“landside”) connected by people movers to satellite air terminals and gates (“airsides”), a pioneering concept when designed in the late 1960s.
The airport was called Drew Field Municipal Airport until 1952.