Punta Gorda Airport in December 2023

76.8%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 525 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 76.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 6.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 70.3% of the time (525 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 28% and extreme weather 27%.

On time 78.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	76.8%	—	78.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	78.9%	—	78.3%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	0.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.9 min	—	16.0 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	20	19,013
Scheduled departures	525	—	7,374	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	525	100%	78.9%	6.4 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	30	83.3%	0.8 min	0.0%
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	21	71.4%	12.3 min	0.0%
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	21	61.9%	10.9 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	20	85.0%	11.4 min	0.0%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	19	84.2%	5.3 min	0.0%
PGD–DSM	Punta Gorda to Des Moines	18	66.7%	54.6 min	0.0%
PGD–ATW	Punta Gorda to Appleton	17	52.9%	14.5 min	5.9%
PGD–AVL	Punta Gorda to Asheville	17	76.5%	4.4 min	0.0%
PGD–BLV	Punta Gorda to Belleville	17	82.4%	-3.2 min	0.0%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	17	82.4%	11.8 min	0.0%
PGD–IAG	Punta Gorda to Niagara Falls	15	80.0%	53.1 min	0.0%
PGD–PIA	Punta Gorda to Peoria	15	73.3%	9.0 min	6.7%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	27.7%	37.1%	2,306
Late-arriving aircraft	35.3%	38.8%	2,932
National Aviation System	9.7%	17.6%	810
Extreme weather	27.2%	6.2%	2,264
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

8,312 delay minutes on 104 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 December 2023?

76.8% of 525 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.