Punta Gorda Airport in January 2025

74.1%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 714 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 74.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.6% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 5.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 540 departures with 74.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights up 32%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 69.1% of the time (715 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and extreme weather 25%.

On time 75.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.1%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from PGD in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	74.1%	74.8%	78.4%	79.3%
Arrived on time	75.6%	76.3%	78.3%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.1%	1.5%	0.6%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.8 min	17.3 min	16.0 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	18	20	17,992
Scheduled departures	714	540	7,374	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	714	100%	75.6%	10.5 min	1.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	39	74.4%	5.9 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	30	53.3%	23.1 min	0.0%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	28	85.7%	1.5 min	0.0%
PGD–ATW	Punta Gorda to Appleton	26	69.2%	29.0 min	3.8%
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	26	69.2%	45.0 min	0.0%
PGD–FWA	Punta Gorda to Fort Wayne	24	75.0%	0.3 min	0.0%
PGD–DSM	Punta Gorda to Des Moines	23	60.9%	13.2 min	0.0%
PGD–PIA	Punta Gorda to Peoria	23	69.6%	21.8 min	0.0%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	21	85.7%	-12.5 min	0.0%
PGD–CID	Punta Gorda to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	21	85.7%	5.5 min	0.0%
PGD–IAG	Punta Gorda to Niagara Falls	20	80.0%	56.0 min	0.0%
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	20	75.0%	3.3 min	5.0%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.5%	36.2%	4,789
Late-arriving aircraft	29.3%	34.7%	4,186
National Aviation System	12.7%	19.9%	1,810
Extreme weather	24.5%	9.1%	3,494
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

14,279 delay minutes on 165 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 January 2025?

74.1% of 714 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 74.8% of 540 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 74.1% and 1.1% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.