Punta Gorda Airport in August 2024

70.2%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 362 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 70.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.1% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 5.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 367 departures with 75.7% leaving on time: a change of −5.5 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 67.1% of the time (362 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, extreme weather 28% and late-arriving aircraft 26%.

On time 69.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.6%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	70.2%	75.7%	78.4%	75.4%
Arrived on time	69.1%	71.9%	78.3%	74.7%
Cancelled	2.8%	1.1%	0.6%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.4 min	16.3 min	16.0 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	12	20	20,634
Scheduled departures	362	367	7,374	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	362	100%	69.1%	18.5 min	2.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–AVL	Punta Gorda to Asheville	21	66.7%	17.3 min	4.8%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	16	75.0%	13.6 min	0.0%
PGD–BLV	Punta Gorda to Belleville	15	66.7%	28.2 min	0.0%
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	15	53.3%	11.9 min	13.3%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	15	80.0%	1.6 min	0.0%
PGD–PIA	Punta Gorda to Peoria	14	92.9%	-15.8 min	7.1%
PGD–TYS	Punta Gorda to Knoxville	14	35.7%	23.3 min	7.1%
PGD–PSM	Punta Gorda to Portsmouth	13	84.6%	13.8 min	0.0%
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	12	58.3%	36.4 min	0.0%
PGD–LCK	Punta Gorda to Columbus	12	41.7%	31.7 min	0.0%
PGD–BNA	Punta Gorda to Nashville	11	72.7%	-2.1 min	9.1%
PGD–CID	Punta Gorda to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	11	90.9%	-12.3 min	9.1%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.0%	33.8%	3,723
Late-arriving aircraft	25.8%	39.8%	2,463
National Aviation System	6.8%	20.4%	650
Extreme weather	28.1%	5.9%	2,681
Security	0.2%	0.1%	22

9,539 delay minutes on 100 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 August 2024?

70.2% of 362 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 75.7% of 367 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 70.2% and 2.8% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.