Drone Videos of Tampa-St. Petersburg

Take an aerial tour of the greater Tampa Bay St. Petersburg area on the Gulf Coast of Florida in this excellent piece by AirVuz contributor Bumble Bee Productions.  The video includes footage from the area's three main cities (Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater) as well as Madeira Beach and Tarpon Springs.  At the :45 mark, there's a nice shot of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge across the mouth of Tampa Bay. Other featured locations include the Intercoastal Waterway, the skyscrapers of downtown Tampa, Tamps'a Amalie Arena, and more. 

Tampa is the largest city on the west coast of Florida.  It sits on Tampa Bay, which opens up into the Gulf of Mexico.  The metropolitan area, the second largest in Florida after Miami, is often called Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater in reference to the two smaller cities which lie on the other side of the bay.  The area is home to over three million Floridians.  Top contributor Tampa Randy flew a drone over the lovely Southeastern city at dusk to create this amazing aerial video.  

Take an aerial tour of the Tampa/St. Petersburg area of Florida in this beautiful drone video by contributor Matt Hallum.  The "twin cities" lie on either side of Tampa Bay on the state's western (Gulf of Mexico) coast.  The video includes footage of Downtown Tampa, Downtown St. Petersburg, St. Pete Beach (on the Gulf of Mexico), and Clearwater Beach (also on the Gulf side).  The Tampa Bay area is home to over three million people, making it the state's second-largest metropolitan area.  

In this drone video by top AirVuz contributor Bumble Bee Productions, you'll explore the city of Tampa, Florida and its surroundings along the Gulf of Mexico coastline.  Starting at the :20 mark, you'll see Amalie Arena, home of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.  Right around the 1:00 mark, you'll fly over Port Tampa Bay, one of the largest Florida seaports, followed by the Florida Aquarium.  Other highlights include the Tampa Museum of Art (1:37), the Plant Hall building at the University of Tampa (2:26), and more.  

Contributor and pilot jpcorzo used a DJI Mavic Air drone to create this aerial mini-tour of Tampa, Florida.  The video was shot in the aesthetic heart of the city, along the Hillsborough River and its mouth on Hillsborough Bay, an inlet of the larger Tampa Bay.  Here you can take in the marvelous aerial views of the city's hotels (notably the distincetive-looking Marriott Hotel), marinas, premium shopping areas, and the indoor Amalie Arena.  Tampa is the center of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Area, Florida's second-largest.

Check out this drone video of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge near Tampa, Florida, compliments of AirVuz contributor Bumble Bee Productions.  The cable-stayed bridge spans the lower part of the bay (an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico), connecting St. Petersburg to Terra Ceia.  Completed in 1987, it has a total length of just over four miles (a little under seven km), with a longest single span of about 1.1k ft. or 366 mm.  The bridge replaced an earlier structure which catastrophically collapsed when struck by a cargo ship in 1980.

In this drone video by GlobalAirMedia, you'll get a mini aerial tour of two of the main cities of the Tampa Bay area: Clearwater Beach and the city of Tampa.  Clearwater Beach lies on a series of "keys" which run parallel to the mainland, just west of the city of Clearwater.  It was recently named the Best Beach in the USA in a recent TripAdvisor survey.  The city of Tampa is the largest in the area, it sits on an eastern inlet of Tampa Bay called Hillsborough Bay.  

Check out these drone views of Clearwater Beach, Florida, compliments of Bumble Bee Productions.  Clearwater Beach is located just west of the city of Clearwater; it's part of the Tampa St. Petersburg Metropolitan Area, the second-largest urban agglomeration in Florida.  Clearwater Beach is a barrier island which is situated between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf of Mexico.  It's frequently considered one of Florida's best beach towns and at times has been ranked amongst the best beach destinations in the USA.  

AirVuz contributor aerialsbyandre brings us this excellent drone video of Florida's Fort De Soto Park on the state's Gulf of Mexico coast.  The park is located on a set of five islands near the mouth of Tampa Bay, just west of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and southwest of St. Petersburg.  The park's namesake fort dates to the Spanish–American War, although Union troops had been stationed on the islands during the Civil War.  Closed by the US Army in the 1920s, the islands were repurposed into a Pinellas County Park after World War II.  

AirVuz contributor and pilot Bumble Bee Productions brings us this excellent drone video from a spot on the Intracoastal Waterway just west of St. Petersburg, Florida.  It's called Johns Pass, and it's part of the town of Madeira Beach.  It's an entertainment district built around a pass between Boca Ciega Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.  The pass runs between two barrier islands, part of a series of islands which run down the length of the Tampa St. Petersburg areabetween Honeymoon Island State Park and the mouth of Tampa Bay.  

Check out these beautiful drone views of Sarasota, Florida, compliments of contributor Lone Star Drones.  It's located at the southern end of its namesake bay, just south of the much larger Tampa Bay on the state's western (Gulf of Mexico) side.  Sarasota and its "twin" city of Bradenton are now considered the southern outskirts of the Tampa-St. Petersburg Metropolitan Area.  Once closely identified with the Ringling Brothers Circus, Sarasota has emerged as one of the Sunshine State's fastest-growing retiree destinations.  

Take a tour of the Tampa-St. Petersburg area of Florida with this fantastic drone video by aerialsbyandre.  The video opens with a great show of the skyline of downtown Tampa, home of a dozen buildings over 100 meters tall (330 ft.) as of 2019.  From there you'll fly over the Henry B. Plant Museum, once a luxury hotel built by the railroad whose terminus here gave rise to the city.  Other stops include the Tampa Museum of Art, the Amalie Arena (home of the Tampa Lightning hockey team), and more.

In this video, contributor and pilot) pilotfarberrr_fpv gives us a unique first person view (FPV) perspective of Tampa, Florida.  Using an FPV-equipped racing quad, he was able to "dive" the tallest skyscrapers of the city, the center of the second-largest metropolitan area in the Sunshine state.  Check out the (literally) over-the-top views of Tampa landmarks like the 42-story 100 North Tampa Building (at 176 meters or 509 ft., the city's tallest), the 38-story One Tampa City Center, the 36-story Suntrust Plaza Center, and more.  

St.Petersburg is the "second city" of the Tampa-St. Petersburg Metropolitan Area; it's situated on the western side of Tampa Bay, opposite the city of Tampa.  Named after the great Russian city, St. Petersburg was founded somewhat later than Tampa, in 1903.  It developed as a separate city until the construction of some very long bridges later in the 20th century connected it directly to Tampa.  In this drone video by mjarti86, you'll get a bird's eye view of Florida's fifth-most populous city as of 2019.  

This short drone montage by bthentic will take you over the Florida metropolis known as Tampa-St. Petersburg.  Situated on Tampa Bay and the adjacent Gulf of Mexico coastline, it's the second-largest metropolitan area in Florida after Miami.  The video alternates between shots of downtown Tampa, home to the metropolitan area's tallest skyscrapers, and its famous Gulf Coast beaches.  The Tampa Bay Area beaches are mostly clustered along the area west of Clearwater.  

For a first upload to AirVuz, brand-new contributor and pilot loganprofitt brings us this excellent drone video of the city of Tampa, Florida.  Shot with a DJI Mavic Air 2, the video features footage of the following spots, mostly along the Hillsborough River (in order of first appearance): the downtown Tampa skyscrapers, the University of Tampa campus, the golden-domed FIrst Baptist Church, the Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, the Tampa Museum of Art, the Riverwalk, the Hillsborough River water taxis, and more.  

TampaRandy created this beautiful drone video of Sarasota and its surrounding islands ("keys), on Florida's western (Gulf of Mexico) coast.  Considered part of the Greater Tampa Bay area, the city lies on Sarasota Bay, which is created by a series of long islands called keys.  Both Sarasota and even more so the keys (the most well known of which are Fiesta and Long Boat Keys) are a boat-lover's paradise: it's an aquatic-oriented spot, with many marinas and countless boats ranging from canoes to large yachts.    

Just as drones are increasingly being used to film weddings, they are being used to film wedding proposals.  In this drone video by TampaRandy, you'll get to see a production involving a proposal on a boat cruising Florida's Tampa Bay.  The proposal took place in the shadow of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, which spans the lower part of the bay between St. Petersburg and Terra Ceia.  The bridge opened in 1987, replacing an earlier span which was the scene of two maritime disasters in 1980.  

AirVuz content creator and drone pilot FoxFlight 2020 used a DJI Mavic Pro 2 to create this excellent aerial video of Clearwater Beach, Florida.  Clearwater Beach is located on a barrier island across the Intercoastal Waterway from Clearwater, the "third city" of the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area.  Named the best beach in the USA and the sixth-best beach in the world by Trip Advisor in 2019, Clearwater Beach is accessible from the mainland by road via the Clearwater Memorial Causeway.  

Brand-new AirVuz contributor tonnyy@hotmail.com used a DJI Mavic Air 2 drone to create this excellent aerial video of Clearwater Beach, Florida.  Clearwater Beach is located on a barrier island across the Intercoastal Waterway from Clearwater, the "third city" of the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area.  It's accessible from the mainland by road via the Clearwater Memorial Causeway.  In 2019, Trip Advisor names Clearwater Beach the best beach in the United States and the sixth-best in the world.  

Top AirVuz contributor and drone pilot Bumble Bee Productions brings us this fantastic aerial view of the Florida's famous Sunshine Skyway Bridge near Tampa.  The cable-stayed is the southernmost and the longest of the four bridges which span Tampa Bay.  Completed in 1987, it has a total length of 6.7 km or 4.1 mi., with a longest single span of 366 meters or about 1.1k ft.  The bridge replaced an earlier structure which catastrophically collapsed when struck by a cargo ship in 1980, killing 35 motorists and passengers.