Punta Gorda Airport in October 2023

86.6%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 456 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 86.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 81.6% of the time (456 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and extreme weather 20%.

On time 86.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from PGD in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	86.6%	—	78.4%	83.8%
Arrived on time	86.2%	—	78.3%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	0.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.1 min	—	16.0 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	—	20	19,966
Scheduled departures	456	—	7,374	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	456	100%	86.2%	5.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	28	78.6%	21.9 min	0.0%
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	24	91.7%	0.9 min	0.0%
PGD–AVL	Punta Gorda to Asheville	22	77.3%	48.6 min	0.0%
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	20	60.0%	89.7 min	0.0%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	17	88.2%	4.3 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	17	70.6%	-0.2 min	0.0%
PGD–LEX	Punta Gorda to Lexington	16	87.5%	-6.7 min	0.0%
PGD–PVD	Punta Gorda to Providence	16	93.8%	-3.6 min	0.0%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	15	100.0%	-9.6 min	0.0%
PGD–ALB	Punta Gorda to Albany	13	100.0%	-11.9 min	0.0%
PGD–ATW	Punta Gorda to Appleton	13	46.2%	34.6 min	0.0%
PGD–BNA	Punta Gorda to Nashville	13	84.6%	1.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	47.8%	41.3%	2,940
Late-arriving aircraft	26.3%	40.5%	1,619
National Aviation System	6.3%	14.4%	390
Extreme weather	19.6%	3.7%	1,205
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,154 delay minutes on 61 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left PGD on time in October 2023?

86.6% of 456 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PGD · methodology · corrections.