Punta Gorda Airport in December 2024

73.6%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 780 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 73.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.7% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 4.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 525 departures with 76.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights up 49%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 68.4% of the time (781 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 74.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.6%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	73.6%	76.8%	78.4%	77.8%
Arrived on time	74.7%	78.9%	78.3%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.8%	0.6%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.1 min	17.9 min	16.0 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	18	20	19,686
Scheduled departures	780	525	7,374	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	780	100%	74.7%	13.8 min	1.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	44	75.0%	3.4 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	37	64.9%	50.2 min	0.0%
PGD–ATW	Punta Gorda to Appleton	29	55.2%	65.5 min	10.3%
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	27	66.7%	10.6 min	0.0%
PGD–DSM	Punta Gorda to Des Moines	27	66.7%	13.9 min	0.0%
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	26	57.7%	27.0 min	0.0%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	24	62.5%	14.7 min	4.2%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	24	87.5%	-5.0 min	0.0%
PGD–PSM	Punta Gorda to Portsmouth	23	91.3%	-4.4 min	0.0%
PGD–FWA	Punta Gorda to Fort Wayne	22	81.8%	10.5 min	0.0%
PGD–IAG	Punta Gorda to Niagara Falls	22	81.8%	6.1 min	0.0%
PGD–PIA	Punta Gorda to Peoria	22	86.4%	-0.3 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.3%	34.3%	4,603
Late-arriving aircraft	39.0%	40.2%	6,814
National Aviation System	17.7%	17.8%	3,089
Extreme weather	16.7%	7.5%	2,923
Security	0.4%	0.2%	62

17,491 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 December 2024?

73.6% of 780 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 76.8% of 525 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 73.6% and 1.2% in December 2024.

Provenance

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