*NOTE*: The free SAM plugin is required for this airport to work. It’s responsible for jetway movements. You can get it here.
Tampa International Airport is an international airport six miles (9.7 km) west of Downtown Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. It has been praised for its architecture and Landside/Airside design of a central terminal (landside) connected by people movers to four 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.
The airport is served by over twenty major air carrier airlines, four regional airlines, and three air cargo carriers. Three of the regional airlines operate under the banner of mainline air carriers, while a fourth, Silver Airways, is independent and utilizes
Tampa International Airport as a hub for its operations. Southwest Airlines carries the airport's largest share of passengers, operating up to 121 daily flights.
The airport presently serves 93 non-stop destinations throughout North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe. The airport handled 22,497,953 passengers in 2019, making it the 28th-busiest airport by passenger movements in North America.
FEATURES
2021 Airport layout
High-resolution textures taken with high-res cameras
Surrounding Autogen Hand Placed
High Resolution PBR Ground Textures
Sam Custom High detailed jetways (specific per airline and airside)
Compatibility with VStates Florida and ORBX True Earth Florida
Freeware Downtown Tampa optional
Animated car traffic, monorails, SkyConnect (using groundTraffic plugin)
Thousands of handplaced tree types (palms, oaks, spruce, etc.)
Baked Ambient Occlusion
Animated Ground Traffic Vehicles
Taxi Networks and OPS File for World Traffic 3 and Traffic Global