The Tampa International Airport Monorail opened in 1991. Using small monorail technology from Universal Mobility Inc. Bombardier built their first UM Series for the Tampa Airport parking garage. These UM III monorails were also built for Jacksonville a few years later, but the Tampa ones run on a steel beam and Jacksonville is concrete. Six monorails were built for Tampa along with a pinched loop system and seven stations. The total cost was under $12 million. This was Bombardier’s first totally automated monorail system. It was run from the airport’s communications center. Thales upgraded the computer system in 2008.

Airline travelers could access the monorail from level 7 of the long-term parking garage. The monorail traveled a rectangular path to four of the elevator banks in the parking garage. After that it would cross a bridge to level 5 of the short-term parking garage. Three stops were located in the short-term parking garage, taking people to the terminal. A switch beam would slide over (shown in this video) and the monorail would travel back along the other side of the loop. Riders enjoyed the glass tile stations, information TV monitors, light up station signs inside the cars, and automated spiels. Unlike other monorails in the U.S., this one was not elevated by pylons. The steel beams were attached to the floor of the parking garage. Sadly it was removed in 2020 and moving sidewalks were installed instead.

Stations:
Igor Sikorsky/Chuck Yeager - terminal (short term parking)
Neil Armstrong - terminal (short term parking)
Wright Brothers - long-term parking
Tony Jannus - long-term parking
Robert Goddard - long-term parking
Charles Lindbergh - long-term parking
Amelia Earhart - terminal (short term parking)
*The spur line to the maintenance bay is after the Charles Lindbergh station.

REFERENCE:
Monorails: Trains of the Future - Now Arriving, Kim A. Pedersen, 2015, The Monorail Society