Punta Gorda Airport in September 2024

80.1%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 286 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 4.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 311 departures with 80.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 78.0% of the time (286 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	80.1%	80.7%	78.4%	84.4%
Arrived on time	82.2%	77.8%	78.3%	83.9%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.0%	0.6%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.6 min	12.4 min	16.0 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	10	20	19,421
Scheduled departures	286	311	7,374	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	286	100%	82.2%	1.2 min	1.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–AVL	Punta Gorda to Asheville	19	68.4%	8.5 min	15.8%
PGD–TYS	Punta Gorda to Knoxville	15	80.0%	20.9 min	6.7%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	13	76.9%	11.7 min	0.0%
PGD–PIA	Punta Gorda to Peoria	13	100.0%	-16.8 min	0.0%
PGD–PSM	Punta Gorda to Portsmouth	13	76.9%	4.8 min	0.0%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	11	81.8%	-12.8 min	0.0%
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	10	50.0%	25.8 min	0.0%
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	10	80.0%	4.4 min	0.0%
PGD–LEX	Punta Gorda to Lexington	10	100.0%	-14.5 min	0.0%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	88.9%	-15.4 min	11.1%
PGD–ALB	Punta Gorda to Albany	9	100.0%	-11.3 min	0.0%
PGD–ATW	Punta Gorda to Appleton	9	66.7%	2.1 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	54.9%	38.6%	1,905
Late-arriving aircraft	24.5%	38.4%	851
National Aviation System	6.5%	18.2%	227
Extreme weather	13.3%	4.8%	460
Security	0.8%	0.1%	27

3,470 delay minutes on 46 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 September 2024?

80.1% of 286 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 80.7% of 311 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.1% and 1.7% in September 2024.

Provenance

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