Please refer to the guide below for inquiries regarding Lost and Found at Tampa International Airport.

Airlines

Airlines include Items left on board aircraft, checked baggage, and airline tickets. Items left on board an aircraft, checked baggage (even after it is claimed from the baggage belt), and airline tickets are returned to and retained by the airline.

Main Terminal

The Main Terminal includes parking garages, baggage claim, ticketing, airport restaurants, snack bars, lounges, bars, shops and all airside buildings, including security screening, gates and restrooms.

The Airport Police Department is the main Lost & Found for the airport. Items found in the common areas of the airport are turned in to this department. Occasionally, items found in other areas are turned in to the Police, so if you have checked with the area that something should have been turned in to, and it was not turned in, please check with the Police.

Reclaiming an Impounded Vehicle

Vehicles are automatically impounded from parking facilities after 45 days. There is a sign posting this information at the entrance of each parking facility and on the back of parking tickets.

Vehicles are considered left abandoned, and are impounded immediately, if they are located on airport property anywhere other than a parking facility.

Once a vehicle has been impounded, notification letters are mailed out to the owner, lien holder, and insurance company, advising them that the vehicle has been towed. The vehicle may be claimed by coming in to the Tampa Airport police department and providing proof of ownership, along with towing and storage fees.

Inquiry Form (non-airline)