Passenger traffic at Tampa International Airport declined 4.9 percent in July to 751,586 departing passengers, the lowest monthly percentage drop in a year, airport officials reported. The airport generally gets the same number of arriving as departing passengers, so about 1.5 million passengers used the airport last month. ...more

August 19, 2009

On-time performance improved for flights at Tampa International Airport in June compared with a year ago, despite one arrival that spent four hours, 35 minutes on the tarmac at Washington Dulles International Airport during stormy weather. ...more

August 6, 2009

A JetBlue Airways flight carrying 140 passengers and crew members from Fort Lauderdale to New York landed safely about 8:20 p.m. today at Tampa International Airport after the pilot reported "an instrumentation problem." ...more

July 28, 2009

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is scheduled to unveil a new radio system this morning that allows first responders across the county to communicate with each other. The system includes the sheriff's office, the Tampa Police Department, the University of South Florida Police Department and the school district's security force. The sheriff's office and Tampa police began using the system Monday. ...more

July 23, 2009

Four Port of Tampa businesses will get $10 million in federal stimulus money for infrastructure improvements, said U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa. ...more

July 18, 2009

Four Port of Tampa businesses will get $10 million in federal stimulus funds for infrastructure improvements, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., said. ...more

July 17, 2009

Tampa International Airport's Community Noise Consortium has scheduled a public meeting from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the third-floor boardroom of the main terminal. ...more

July 15, 2009

Southwest Airlines ordered inspections of nearly 200 aircraft after a football-sized hole opened up in the passenger cabin of a plane during flight, forcing an emergency landing in West Virginia. ...more

July 14, 2009

A military refueling tanker made an emergency landing at Tampa International Airport just after departing MacDill Air Force Base this morning, officials said. ...more

July 10, 2009

JetBlue Airways, citing dwindling demand linked to a swine flu outbreak in Mexico, is temporarily discontinuing its Tampa-Cancun flights. ...more

July 8, 2009