According to mapquest it takes 17 hours, 6 minutes to get from Tampa Bay, Florida to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its about 1082.67 miles between the two cities. It took me about 19 Hours. I got to the airport around 2:00 PM and walked off the plane in Philadelphia around 9:15AM. wow. Airtran sucks. Why don't I just drive next time? 1-800 Fuck Airtran!