According to the TPA website, “the relief areas for pets/service animals at the landside building are located in the ‘grassy areas’ across the vehicle drives of the arrival (baggage claim) and departure (ticketing) areas.” And indeed, when you leave the terminal, you will find walkways that lead you across the airport roadway to patches of grass.

Tampa's just coming out of a drought (6/1/12), so all the grassy bits are brown in this picture

This is one of your options, across from the exit doors near baggage claim Carousel 7. There are others across from the other exits. Bring your own poop bags, since none are provided — there are trash cans near the entrance to the parking garage, and on the side of the roadway I was standing on when I took this picture.

This post is part of an ongoing series of reviews of airport pet relief areas we’ve visited. To see others, visit Dog Jaunt’s handy guide to airport pet relief areas.