Punta Gorda Airport in March 2024

76.2%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 765 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 76.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.9% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 66.7% of the time (766 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 74.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from PGD in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	76.2%	—	78.4%	78.5%
Arrived on time	74.9%	—	78.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	0.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.6 min	—	16.0 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	—	20	19,726
Scheduled departures	765	—	7,374	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	765	100%	74.9%	11.2 min	0.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	46	73.9%	22.6 min	0.0%
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	44	81.8%	1.6 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	41	68.3%	8.7 min	2.4%
PGD–FWA	Punta Gorda to Fort Wayne	32	90.6%	-2.9 min	0.0%
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	31	83.9%	-2.9 min	0.0%
PGD–IAG	Punta Gorda to Niagara Falls	25	84.0%	2.3 min	0.0%
PGD–RFD	Punta Gorda to Rockford	24	75.0%	2.1 min	0.0%
PGD–DSM	Punta Gorda to Des Moines	20	80.0%	10.5 min	0.0%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	20	70.0%	13.1 min	0.0%
PGD–TOL	Punta Gorda to Toledo	20	80.0%	14.7 min	0.0%
PGD–CID	Punta Gorda to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	19	68.4%	11.8 min	0.0%
PGD–PSM	Punta Gorda to Portsmouth	19	84.2%	3.2 min	0.0%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.6%	32.1%	5,655
Late-arriving aircraft	46.4%	42.1%	6,784
National Aviation System	12.9%	21.4%	1,889
Extreme weather	1.9%	4.2%	274
Security	0.2%	0.2%	33

14,635 delay minutes on 184 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 March 2024?

76.2% of 765 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.