Punta Gorda Airport in October 2024

72.0%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 521 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 72.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.1% reached their destination on time; 10.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 13.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 456 departures with 86.6% leaving on time: a change of −14.6 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 71.2% of the time (521 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 29%, air carrier 24% and late-arriving aircraft 23%.

On time 73.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
Cancelled 10.9%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	72.0%	86.6%	78.4%	85.5%
Arrived on time	73.1%	86.2%	78.3%	85.8%
Cancelled	10.9%	0.0%	0.6%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	14.1 min	16.0 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	15	20	20,517
Scheduled departures	521	456	7,374	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	521	100%	73.1%	2.3 min	10.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	25	60.0%	11.0 min	12.0%
PGD–AVL	Punta Gorda to Asheville	23	69.6%	0.9 min	13.0%
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	21	81.0%	2.5 min	9.5%
PGD–FWA	Punta Gorda to Fort Wayne	21	76.2%	-5.2 min	9.5%
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	21	85.7%	-12.0 min	14.3%
PGD–TYS	Punta Gorda to Knoxville	21	61.9%	0.9 min	14.3%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	18	72.2%	3.2 min	5.6%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	18	66.7%	34.2 min	5.6%
PGD–PSM	Punta Gorda to Portsmouth	17	82.4%	-6.3 min	11.8%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	15	86.7%	8.8 min	6.7%
PGD–LEX	Punta Gorda to Lexington	14	71.4%	-8.9 min	21.4%
PGD–ALB	Punta Gorda to Albany	13	69.2%	24.5 min	15.4%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.4%	42.7%	1,518
Late-arriving aircraft	23.1%	37.4%	1,436
National Aviation System	22.7%	16.3%	1,413
Extreme weather	28.6%	3.4%	1,776
Security	1.1%	0.2%	69

6,212 delay minutes on 82 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 2024?

72.0% of 521 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 86.6% of 456 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 72.0% and 10.9% in October 2024.

Provenance

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